gung

Examples

• All

• I love the gung-ho new guy.

  Blog text (26)

• So I'm not as gung ho when I have to contract.

• So the question is, what happens when people get too gung ho about data science?

• So a lot of risk taking and being gung ho, but in a good way.

• Thatcher was very gung ho about this whole thing right from the first minute.

• But I would say people try to go all gung ho and try to be, you know, they're full of enthusiasm, which is great.

• Kirby got a job appraising real estate and learned it well in a gung-ho way.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I hear that's a great time to try online dating since everyone is making New Year's resolutions and gung-ho for the year ahead.

  Blog text (27)

• Yet Harriet is a much brasher, gung-ho character than the quiet and introverted Lucy Snowe.

  Blog text (15)

• The team was full of gung enthusiasm as they prepared for the big project.

Synonyms

E

enthusiasm

vsgung

288 2.2

A strong feeling of excitement and interest in something

is more about active energy and a ready attitude in action

E

exuberance

vsgung

27 6.7

A feeling of strong, happy energy and excitement

highlights spirited energy used when doing things rather than cheerfulness alone

S

spiritedness

vsgung

3 5.6

A quality of being lively and full of energy

focuses more on energy shown while taking action

V

vig

vsgung

• Slang

9.3

A strong lively energy or enthusiasm

is similar but stresses an active, action-focused spirited attitude

J

jism

vsgung

• Slang

9.9

A strong, lively feeling that makes you active

matches informality but places more emphasis on acting with spirit

Antonyms

A

apathy

43 6.2

A lack of interest or care about things

Idioms

G

gung ho

• Informal

18 7.9

Very eager and too excited to start a task or project

How Enthusiastic

zeal

36 5.8

gung

• Informal

9 9.9

enthusiasm

288 2.2

interest

∞ 1.0

apathy

43 6.2

Surface Forms

Etymology