Synonyms for excited
ɪkˈsaɪ tɪdex·cit·ed

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1. excitedadjective

   Synonyms:
   enthusiastic

2. excitedadjective

   Having great enthusiasm.

   He was very excited about his promotion.

   Synonyms:
   enthusiastic

3. excitedadjective

   Being in a state of higher energy.

   The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state.

   Synonyms:
   enthusiastic

4. excitedadjective

   Having an erection; erect.

   Synonyms:
   enthusiastic

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. excited

   Synonyms:
   agitated, boisterous, disturbed, fierce, frantic, frenzied, furious, heated, passionate, raging, roused, ruffled, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild, wrathful

   Antonyms:
   calm, collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, quiet, sedate, self-possessed, serene, smooth, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled

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1. aroused, emotional, excited, worked upadjective

   (of persons) excessively affected by emotion

   "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

   Synonyms:
   aroused, horny, stimulated, delirious, aflame, ruttish, emotional, stirred, activated, turned on(p), randy, frantic, unrestrained, mad, worked up, wound up, steamy, stirred up, ablaze

   Antonyms:
   unexcited, tame, unreactive, unagitated

2. excitedadjective

   in an aroused state

   Synonyms:
   mad, emotional, unrestrained, aroused, activated, delirious, frantic, worked up

   Antonyms:
   unagitated, unreactive, tame, unexcited

3. delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrainedadjective

   marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

   "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"

   Synonyms:
   aroused, huffy, unbalanced, unhinged, mad, delirious, sick, disturbed, hallucinating, emotional, insane, harebrained, frenetic, brainsick, phrenetic, activated, demented, frantic, unrestrained, crazy, sore, worked up, frenzied

   Antonyms:
   unagitated, unreactive, tame, unexcited

4. activated, excitedadjective

   (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive

   Synonyms:
   emotional, unrestrained, aroused, mad, activated, delirious, frantic, worked up

   Antonyms:
   tame, unexcited, unagitated, unreactive

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1. happy

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. excitedadjective

   Synonyms:
   perturbed, agitated, disconcerted

   Antonyms:
   calm, serene, tranquil, nonchalant

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1. List of paraphrases for "excited":

   horny, psyched, enthusiastic, thrilled, packaged, happy, aroused, impatient, exciting, excite, febrile, agitated, pleased, nervous, eager, pumped

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1. Doc Rivers:

   You can think of that either way. But the right thing happened, obviously. So I was excited about that. Blacks have been dehumanized for a long time, and to see a man go to jail for killing a Black man should not be significant, but it is. So I guess in that way we’re coming a long way, but we still have a long way to go.

2. Aftab Pureval:

   Words can't express how honored and excited I am to be the next Mayor of Cincinnati. Tonight, we made history ! Let's get to work.

3. Sally Munday:

   We are excited about the breadth and at some of the new sports coming in so there will be a real range of medal opportunities, but the athletes are also willing and keen to share their own experiences and it is important to tell those stories and show that this Games is more than medals.

4. British Open:

   We just moved to Colorado in August, and I want to just play the tournaments that I'm excited to go play and see what I can do.

5. James Brown:

   For instance, there is a low representation of African American students in engineering. Sometimes you have students who come from backgrounds where there isn’t a relative or a parent who is involved in engineering, so it’s important that these companies and organizations provide mentors who these students can look to and learn from, if these students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds have mentors to learn from, then they are more likely to look into STEM as a possibility, to be excited by STEM in school.