bouncy

Examples

• All

• 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!

  Shrek the Third (2007)

• 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.

  Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

• 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.

  Sexual Predator (2001)

• Pacing back and forth with a bouncy gait.

  Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

V

vibrant

vsbouncy

81 4.1

Full of energy and activity that makes people feel excited

adds a sense of physical spring or rebound to that animation

P

playful

vsbouncy

79 1.6

Full of fun and energy and liking jokes or games

emphasizes general lively energy with added physical spring quality

P

perky

vsbouncy

45 4.1

Cheerful and full of energy

is similar but emphasizes physical springiness as well as cheer

B

bubbly

vsbouncy

20 3.2

Full of cheerful energy and excitement

adds a concrete sense of physical spring and rebound motion

E

exuberant

vsbouncy

18 5.9

Very happy and full of energy

is generally livelier with a concrete springy motion, not only excess

B

boisterous

vsbouncy

18 4.7

Loud and energetic, like a happy crowd or party

is lively and energetic but less about loudness or rough noise

P

peppy

vsbouncy

• Informal

14 3.1

Full of energy and excitement

includes a physical springy quality rather than only spirited mood

G

giddy

vsbouncy

• Informal

12 4.4

Acting silly and playful without being serious

is lively and energetic in a balanced way, not merely frivolous

B

buoyant

vsbouncy

7 5.8

Cheerful and full of energy

is more physical and implies springy motion as well as cheer

J

jolly

vsbouncy

• UK

7 2.5

Fun you get from playful actions like jokes or pranks

leans toward lively energy that includes physical spring or motion

S

sprightly

vsbouncy

6 5.7

Full of energy and lively

adds the idea of physical spring or rebound to that cheerful energy

E

ebullient

vsbouncy

5 8.2

Very lively and full of energy

keeps lively energy but adds an idea of physical rebound or spring

E

effervescent

vsbouncy

5 7.1

Having lively, cheerful energy that makes others feel excited

adds a physical spring or rebound idea to that bright enthusiasm

S

sparkly

vsbouncy

5 3.7

Full of lively energy and cheer

is about lively energy that also includes springy physical motion

Z

zippy

vsbouncy

• Informal

4 6.0

Quick and full of energy

is broader, meaning general lively energy and sometimes springiness

L

lively

vsbouncy

3 5.4

Elastic and springy so it bounces back after pressure

applies to energetic quality in people rather than only physical elasticity

C

chirpy

vsbouncy

• Informal

2 3.1

Feeling happy and full of energy

leans more toward physical liveliness and springy movement

S

spirited

vsbouncy

1 4.1

Full of energy and enthusiasm

is more associated with physical spring or rebound as well

B

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

S

skippy

vsbouncy

• Informal

1 7.0

Acting or moving in a lively, bouncy way

focuses on lively energy that also suggests physical springiness

F

frolicsome

vsbouncy

1 7.6

Full of playful, lively energy

is similar but more about bodily spring and active rebound

S

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

B

bouncing

vsbouncy

1.9

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

refers more to lively energy that implies physical rebounding ability

B

bubbling

vsbouncy

3.9

Showing lively, happy energy

is more about lively energy that also implies physical rebounding

P

pippy

vsbouncy

• Informal

8.1

Being full of energy and cheerful

emphasizes a physical springy quality and rebounding motion as well

Antonyms

S

sluggish

30 3.9

Moving or working slowly and with little energy

L

listless

12 6.1

Not having energy or interest to do things

How Lively

exuberant

18 5.9

boisterous

18 4.7

bouncy

16 2.0

animated

30 3.7

lively

111 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology