ENTHUSIASTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enthusiastic mean? 

• ENTHUSIASTIC (adjective)
  The adjective ENTHUSIASTIC has 1 sense:

1. having or showing great excitement and interest

  Familiarity information: ENTHUSIASTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTHUSIASTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or showing great excitement and interest

Context example:

was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons

Similar:

ardent; warm (characterized by strong enthusiasm)

avid; zealous (marked by active interest and enthusiasm)

crazy; dotty; gaga; wild (intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with)

evangelical; evangelistic (marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause)

glowing (highly enthusiastic)

gung ho (very enthusiastic and dedicated)

overenthusiastic (unduly enthusiastic)

Also:

passionate (having or expressing strong emotions)

spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)

Antonym:

unenthusiastic (not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor)

Derivation:

enthusiasm (a lively interest)

enthusiasm (a feeling of excitement)

 Context examples 

With your aspects, critical reviews should be quite positive and enthusiastic.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"For your sake," he wanted to add, and might have added had she proved enthusiastic over what he had read to her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She declared them to be very agreeable girls indeed, which for her ladyship was enthusiastic admiration.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

In a fit of enthusiastic madness I created a rational creature and was bound towards him to assure, as far as was in my power, his happiness and well-being.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Is the patient less enthusiastic about his/her usual interests?

(NPI - Less Enthusiastic About His/Her Usual Interests, NCI Thesaurus)

He seemed quite enthusiastic and rubbed his hands together in the most genial fashion.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I ain't feelin' special enthusiastic," Bill persisted.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I was going on at a great rate, with a clenched hand, and a most enthusiastic countenance; but it was quite unnecessary to proceed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The slug belongs to the sacoglossans, a group of more than 300 species that are such enthusiastic eaters of plants that many turn green and some resemble leaves.

(New sea slug species discovered near condominiums of Florida’s Cedar Key, National Science Foundation)

This Dr. Barnicot is an enthusiastic admirer of Napoleon, and his house is full of books, pictures, and relics of the French Emperor.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)