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bouncy

bouncy

12 2.0
Full of energy and cheerful movement
  • adjective
  • /ˈbaʊnsi/
: animado
  • After a long day at school, she felt bouncy and full of energy when she met her friends.

Your skin feels so heavenly and joyful and bouncy and delicious after this.

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Examples

  • Vanya began loping along just to enjoy the bouncy feel of the ground.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Here's to your beautiful, cute freckles and bouncy, happy, curly hair.

    Blog text (2)
  • Do you want to put her bouncy castle up now?

  • With soft and bouncy hair!

  • And it's really bouncy and very loud.

  • It's so bouncy and squishy like it feels amazing to walk on.

  • You're such a big, bouncy, beautiful baby.

  • We did have some fun, but I am sorry that I wasn't my usual bouncy self during our travels.

    Blog text (10)
  • Tory's first few laps are fast and bouncy.

  • Pacing back and forth with a bouncy gait.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

vibrant
vsbouncy
93 4.1

Full of energy and activity that makes people feel excited

adds a sense of physical spring or rebound to that animation
playful
vsbouncy
72 1.6

Full of fun and energy and liking jokes or games

emphasizes general lively energy with added physical spring quality
spirited
vsbouncy
64 4.1

Full of energy and enthusiasm

is more associated with physical spring or rebound as well
perky
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46 4.1

Cheerful and full of energy

is similar but emphasizes physical springiness as well as cheer
exuberant
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22 5.9

Very happy and full of energy

is generally livelier with a concrete springy motion, not only excess
bubbly
vsbouncy
19 3.2

Full of cheerful energy and excitement

adds a concrete sense of physical spring and rebound motion
boisterous
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18 4.7

Loud and energetic, like a happy crowd or party

is lively and energetic but less about loudness or rough noise
peppy
vsbouncy
  • Informal
15 3.1

Full of energy and excitement

includes a physical springy quality rather than only spirited mood
buoyant
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10 5.8

Cheerful and full of energy

is more physical and implies springy motion as well as cheer
jolly
vsbouncy
  • UK
9 2.5

Fun you get from playful actions like jokes or pranks

leans toward lively energy that includes physical spring or motion
effervescent
vsbouncy
8 7.1

Having lively, cheerful energy that makes others feel excited

adds a physical spring or rebound idea to that bright enthusiasm
bouncing
vsbouncy
7 1.9

Very healthy and full of energy, often said about babies or children

refers more to lively energy that implies physical rebounding ability
ebullient
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6 8.2

Very lively and full of energy

keeps lively energy but adds an idea of physical rebound or spring
sprightly
vsbouncy
5 5.7

Full of energy and lively

adds the idea of physical spring or rebound to that cheerful energy
sparkly
vsbouncy
5 3.7

Full of lively energy and cheer

is about lively energy that also includes springy physical motion
zippy
vsbouncy
  • Informal
4 6.0

Quick and full of energy

is broader, meaning general lively energy and sometimes springiness
chirpy
vsbouncy
  • Informal
4 3.1

Feeling happy and full of energy

leans more toward physical liveliness and springy movement
bubbling
vsbouncy
4 3.9

Showing lively, happy energy

is more about lively energy that also implies physical rebounding
giddy
vsbouncy
  • Informal
3 4.4

Acting silly and playful without being serious

is lively and energetic in a balanced way, not merely frivolous
skippy
vsbouncy
  • Informal
2 7.0

Acting or moving in a lively, bouncy way

focuses on lively energy that also suggests physical springiness
lively
vsbouncy
1 5.4

Elastic and springy so it bounces back after pressure

applies to energetic quality in people rather than only physical elasticity
buzzy
vsbouncy
1 4.8

Full of lively activity and excitement that attracts people

focuses on inner lively energy and physical rebound rather than buzz
frolicsome
vsbouncy
1 7.6

Full of playful, lively energy

is similar but more about bodily spring and active rebound
sportive
vsbouncy
  • Literature
1 7.3

Playful and lively, someone enjoys small jokes and games

is lively energy that also suggests a real springy motion
pippy
vsbouncy
  • Informal
8.1

Being full of energy and cheerful

emphasizes a physical springy quality and rebounding motion as well

Antonyms

35 3.9

Moving or working slowly and with little energy

12 6.1

Not having energy or interest to do things

How Lively

exuberant
22 5.9
boisterous
18 4.7
bouncy
12 2.0
animated
23 3.7
lively
109 1.3

Surface Forms

bouncy positive
bouncier comparative
bounciest superlative

Morphology

bouncy = bounce (transparent) = bounce + y

The adjective 'bouncy' is transparently derived from the verb 'bounce' with the addition of the suffix '-y', indicating the quality of being able to bounce.

Etymology

Bouncy comes from the verb bounce, which means 'to jump back', and the ending -y means 'full of'. So a person described as bouncy is full of energy and moves like they could spring up at any moment.