Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having or demonstrating enthusiasm.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Filled with or characterized by enthusiasm, or the conceit of special intercourse with God, or of direct revelations or instructions from him.
  • Prone to enthusiasm; zealous or devoted; passionate in devotion to a belief or a principle, or the pursuit of an object: as, an enthusiastic reformer.
  • Elevated; ardent; inspired by or glowing with enthusiasm: as, the speaker addressed the audience in enthusiastic strains.
  • Synonyms Enthusiastic, Fanatical; eager, zealous, devoted, fervent, passionate, glowing; heated, inflamed, visionary. Enthusiastic is most frequently used with regard to a person whose sympathies or feelings are warmly engaged in favor of any cause or pursuit, and who is full of hope and ardent zeal; while fanatical is generally said of a person who has fantastic and extravagant views on religious or moral subjects, or some similarly absorbing topic. See superstition.
  • noun An enthusiast.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous.
  • noun obsolete An enthusiast; a zealot.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective With zealous fervor; excited, motivated

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having or showing great excitement and interest

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Examples

  • He was shorthanded, and anyone who has ever had 14 girls herded onto one softball field knows the meaning of the term enthusiastic confusion.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2003

  • He laughs about his earthquake phobia, turns glum when reflecting on a domineering father and gives weight to theories of his eternal boyhood in enthusiastic chatter about toys and theme parks.

    Archive: Michael in the mirror 2009

  • We heard testimony from most of the volunteers who actually operate the station and serve as DJs, and they were nearly all in enthusiastic support.

    KMHD could be on the rocks (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • "A character," "very enthusiastic" is how veterinarians described him on their new-patient sheets whenever we moved and introduced a new care provider to the Buckness of Buck.

    There's something about a Marley-like Lab 2008

  • But most enthusiastic is Christopher Long, writing for DVD Beaver: "I'm so excited to see Muriel made available on a Region 1 DVD that I hate to point out the flaws in the transfer."

    GreenCine Daily: DVDs, 4/1. 2007

  • Manasi of A Cook At Heart writes a hilarious account of the tradition of "fasting" and makes a "fast food" that is the secret reason why so many Maharashtrians remain enthusiastic about undertaking fasts: Sabudana Khichadi.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007

  • McKean and other professional word gatherers join enthusiastic amateurs in Wallraff's new book Word Fugitives, which reassures us that taking language seriously needn't always mean being serious about language.

    Sniglets and Slithy Toves 2006

  • McKean and other professional word gatherers join enthusiastic amateurs in Wallraff's new book Word Fugitives, which reassures us that taking language seriously needn't always mean being serious about language.

    Sniglets and Slithy Toves 2006

  • All three of us - me, my wife, and the writers - can remain enthusiastic fans because none of us can disprove the others.

    In Defense of Porn, Part II lornemir 2004

  • He spoke in enthusiastic terms of the splendid work Canadians -- had done in the battle line and said that in the two most crucial engagements of the war Canadians had saved the day and that under the most trying circumstances, and against weapons never before used in warfare.

    The Great War 1916

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  • 6 listings ... that's not very enthusiastic.

    June 19, 2008