Energetic

Definitions: Energetic

Energetic

Adjective

1. Possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers".

2. Working hard to promote an enterprise.

Date "energetic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Health	Exhibiting energy : strenuous; operating with force, vigour, or effect. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ENA	English	Energetic neutral atom	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Energetic

Synonyms: gumptious (adj), industrious (adj), up-and-coming (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: lethargic (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Exertion	Hard-working, painstaking; strenuous, energetic.
Physical Energy	Adjective: strong, energetic, forcible, active; intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I was reading in the trades the other day and they're looking for a young, hip, energetic black guy on 'Beverly Hills 90210'. (The Wayans Bros.; writing credit: Eric Bischoff; Jeremy Borash)
Movie/TV Titles	Energetic Eva (1916)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Be Lean, Healthy, Energetic!: Medical Health Planner for a Metabolic Makeover (reference) Energetic Approaches to Emotional Healing (reference) Energetic Bodywork: Practical Techniques (reference) Metabolicmakeover : Medical Health Planner for a New Millennium ... To Stay Lean, Healthy, Energetic! (reference) Powder and Propellants: Energetic Materials at Indian Head, Maryland, 1890-2001 (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Energetic Salsa (reference) Super Energetic Man (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Probing some of the most distant and energetic galaxies in the universe, the Hubble telescope ...Credit: NASA.		NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided an unprecedented, detailed view of highly energetic ...Credit: NASA.
	Let's give the old parties a well-deserved rest : this country needs it : NDP, the energetic party.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Highly energetic rhythm and melody typical of a morning television show.		An energetic and highly synthesized excerpt with steel guitar and percussion. .
	An energetic excerpt very typical of an action adventure television show.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
James Russell Lowell	Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Accompanied as he was, the very idea of resistance was impossible, however energetic, however vigorous, and however desperate Jean Valjean might be.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Many become more energetic and stop having sudden, angry changes in moods. (references)
		Taken in small amounts (up to 100 mg), cocaine usually makes the user feel euphoric, energetic, talkative, and mentally alert, especially to the sensations of sight, sound, and touch. (references)
Economic History	Nigeria	Although market operators have lobbied for years for the creation of a commodity exchange, private sector efforts to develop one have not necessarily been energetic. (references)
	France	France is a leader in western Europe because of its size, location, strong economy, membership in European organizations, strong military posture, and energetic diplomacy. (references)
	Ireland	The Iron Age arrived abruptly in the fourth century BC with the invasion of the Celts, a tall, energetic people who had spread across Europe and Great Britain in the preceding centuries. (references)
Political Economy	NIGERIA	The Obasanjo Administration has pledged to practice open and competitive contracting for government procurement, and anti-corruption is an energetic and central plank of the current government's procurement policies. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	The extensive complications involved by the requirement of dealing with three other governments engaged in occupation and with the governments of liberated countries require intensive work and energetic cooperation.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Energetic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.06% of the time. "Energetic" is used about 637 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.06%	631	10,291
Noun (proper)	0.63%	4	175,879
Noun (singular)	0.31%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	637	N/A

Expressions using "energetic": Chinese Energetic Technique ♦ Emotional Energetic Healing ♦ Energetic bodywork ♦ energetic neutral atom ♦ energetic person ♦ energetic woman ♦ Human Energetic Assessment and Restorative Technic ♦ intensive energetic ♦ Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "energetic": abio-energetic, Bio-energetic, equi-energetic, less-energetic, over-energetic, super-energetic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "energetic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		energjik (abuzz, active, aggressive, busily, dapper, drastic, dynamic, eager, forceful, full of beans, get going, high-spirited, live, lively, peppy, punchy, pushing, rattling, snappy, stirring, sturdy, vigorous, vital, zippy), i hedhur (active, alive, castaway, frisky, mercurial, refuse, skittish). (various references)

Arabic		‏فعال (active, businesslike, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, forceful, forcible, functional, living, operative, potent, reliable, trenchant, valid, virtuous), ‏مفعم بالحيوية (active, animate, animated, brisk, dynamic, full of energy, full of life, full of vigor, lively, lusty, peppy, spirited, sprightly, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy), ‏نشيط (active, adroit, alert, athletic, dapper, driving, forceful, hustler, jaunty, live wire, lively, proud, robust, sharp, spirited, sprightly, spry, stout, strenuous, vigorous, vivacious), ‏طاقي. (various references)

Bulgarian		силен (acute, athletic, beefy, emphatic, flush, forceful, forcible, foul-mouthed, full, generous, hard, heavy, high, intense, invulnerable, iron, loud, lusty, main, male, mighty, muscled, muscular, nappy, nervous, nervy, perishing, pithy, potent, powerful, rattling, robust, short, shrewd, smacking, smart, sounding, stark, stiff, strong, sturdy, swingeing, telling, tenacious, thumping, thundering, torrid, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous), енергичен (active, arduous, brisk, demon, driving, enterprising, firm, go-go, hearty, keen, live, nervous, pithy, pushing, red blooded, robust, sharp, smart, snappy, spanking, spicy, spirited, spunky, strong-minded, up and coming, vigorous, vital, youthful, zappy, zippy), активен (active, militant). (various references)

Chinese		賁 (bright), 精力充沛 (Energetical), 積極 (active, positive, proactive, vigorous), 有活力 (vital), 倜 (a groom, exalted, magnanimous), 剛健 (robust), 大力 (vigorous, vigorously), 帶勁 (exciting). (various references)

Czech		energický (assertive, brisk, decisive, decisively, enterprising, firm, forceful, forcefully, go ahead, high-powered, perky, red blooded, strenuous, strong, vigorous, vital), vitální (vigorous, vital), rezolutní (determined, resolute, unhesitating), rázný (brisk, crisp, firm, peremptory, powerful, sharp), prùbojný (enterprising, pushful), pevný (adamant, compact, concrete, consistent, deep-seated, durable, fast, firm, fixed, good, hard set, hardwearing, heavy duty, immovable, ingrained, meaty, proof, resilient, resolute, secure, solid, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, unmoved, unswerving, unyielding, valid), èinorodý. (various references)

Danish		energisk (vigorous). (various references)

Dutch		krachtig (strong, vigorous), flink (brave, firm, gallant, solid, vigorous), ferm (bold, brave, courageous, fearless, firm, gallant, robust, sturdy, vigorous), energiek (vigorous), energetisch (vigorous). (various references)

Esperanto		energia. (various references)

Farsi		فعال (Active, Astir, Pragmatic, Smacker, Spirituous, Strenuous, Trig), پرتکاپو (Aggressive), کاری (Active, Drastic, Effective), کارمایه ای , جدی (Bonafide, Demure, Drastic, Earnest, Grand, Rigid, Sedate, Serious, Solemn, Stickler, Uncanny), دارای انرژی . (various references)

Finnish		toimintatarmoinen (vigorous), tarmokas (active), rivakka (brisk), ponteva (forcible, vigorous). (various references)

French		efficace, plein d'énergie, débordants d'activités, énergique (energic). (various references)

German		energisch (emphatic, emphatically, energeticly, firm, forceful, forcefully, resolute, strenuous, strong, strongly, vigorous, vigorously), tatkräftig. (various references)

Greek		Ενεργητικός, ενεργητικόσ (active, operative), δυναμικόσ (dynamic). (various references)

Hebrew		א� ר�'י, רב פעלים, � מרץ (dashing, definite, dynamic, forcible, keen, snappy, spirited, sturdy, tearing, trenchant, vigorous). (various references)

Hungarian		energikus (aggressive, forceful, forcible, full of zip, gritty, have plenty of go, peppy, pushing, red blooded, snappy, to be full of go, up and coming), erélyes (forceful, go-ahead, strong-minded). (various references)

Indonesian		menderas (flow rapidly), cergas (active, enterprising), bergaya (stylish), aktif (active, alive, functioning). (various references)

Italian		energico (active, drastic, peppy, pushing, spry, strenuous, strong, vigorous), energetico (energy-giving). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		気鋭 (spirited), きか�"気 (accurately, brisk, clearly, close, creak, daring, distinctly, exactly, intense, lively, perfectly, plainly, precisely, squeak, tight, tightly, unyielding), 少壮有為 , 勃々たる (rising, spirited), 勃勃たる (rising, spirited). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きびきび (brisk, lively), しょうそうゆうい, きえい (returning to military duty, sightof an airplane, spirited), ぼつぼつたる (rising, spirited). (various references)

Korean		� �� (Energetical, Energies, Energy, tuck). (various references)

Manx		breeoil (active, active as person, brisk, buoyant, buoyant of market, cogent, dynamic, essential, fizzy, forceful, go ahead, impulsive, purposeful, red-blooded, strenuous, valid, vibrant, vigorous). (various references)

Norwegian		energisk. (various references)

Papiamen		brio (brave, courage, courageous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, valiant, vigorous). (various references)

Pig Latin		energeticay

Polish		energiczny (vigorous). (various references)

Portuguese		enérgico (alive, deedful, devil, drastic, dratted, expressly, forceful, forcible, grizzle, intensification, live, lusty, mettled, mettlesome, peppy, pithy, potentate, punchy, pushing, sinewy, spunky, strenuous, strong, trenchant, two-fisted, vibrant, vigorous, virile). (various references)

Romanian		energic (a live wire, active, alive, brisk, buoyant, dapper, drastic, dynamic, emphatic, energetically, forcible, full of beans, humming, iron, keen, lively, living, managing, mightily, peppy, peremptory, pushful, pushing, sharp, snappy, stout, stoutly, strenuous, strong, strong-minded, trenchant, virile), eficace (acting, active, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, operative, safe), de energie, apãsat (bold, emphatic, heavily, heavy, pressed, thickly), activ (acting, active, actively, afoot, aggressive, agile, alive, assets, bouncing, brisk, busy, dapper, diligent, dynamic, efficient, fierce, go ahead, industrious, living, operative, pragmatic, quick, regular, spry). (various references)

Russian		энергичный (active, aggressive, devil, eager, full of beans, go ahead, humming, keen, live, macho, oomph, peppy, punchy, red blooded, rip-roaring, smart, two-fisted, up and coming, vigorous, youthful, zippy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		energičan (driving, forcible, frisky, peppy, vigorous, zippy), odrešit (pronounced, resolute), odrešan (resolute), agilan (agile). (various references)

Spanish		energético (fuel, peppy, power), enérgico (active, bold, brisk, dashing, determined, emphatic, forceful, forcible, forthright, hearty, high pressure, hot, lively, positive, powerful, pushful, snappy, spirited, sprightly, strenuous, strong, sturdy, telling, vigorous, vital, zippy). (various references)

Swedish		energisk (cracking, dashing, high-powered, stirring, vigorous). (various references)

Thai		โ�"ยต้องการพลัง, ซึ่งมีพลัง. (various references)

Turkish		enerjik (active, beany, brisk, driving, dynamic, full of beans, ginger, gingery, high pressure, lively, peppy, rustling, springy, vibrant, vigorous, virile, warm blooded, zippy), kuvvetli (Doughty, forceful, heady, healty, hearty, intense, lusty, mighty, muscular, potent, powered, powerful, retentive, robust, rugged, sappy, sinewed, sinewy, sound, stalwart, stout, strong, swinging, tenacious, vigorous, virile, virulent), güçlü (bouncing, brawny, forceful, full-blooded, heroic, high pressure, iron, keen, mighty, pithy, potent, powered, powerful, prepotent, robust, sinewed, sinewy, spirited, stalwart, stout, strong, sturdy, vigorous, virile, voluminous), faal (active, busy, full of action, on the go, operative, rousing, spry, strenuous, up and doing), çalışkan (active, arduous, assiduous, diligent, earnest, full of action, hardworking, industrious, labored, laborious, laboured, sedulous, strenuous, studious). (various references)

Turkmen		sцweюjen (energetic 1, militant), яadawsyz (energetic 2, tireless), gujurly (energetic 1), galadaw (energetic 1, indefatiguable). (various references)

Ukranian		сильнодіючий (drastic, energetical, potent), енергійний (active, aggressive, arduous, deedful, eager, energetical, fell, go ahead, managing, pithy, pushful, red blooded, spirited, spiritful, spirituous, strenuous, two-fisted, up and coming, zippy), енергетичний (energetical). (various references)

Vietnamese		mạnh mẽ (boot, furious, fury, impetuous, lusty, manly, mightily, pithily, pretty, rousing, sinewy, sturdy, vibrant, violent, vivid), mãnh liệt (ardent, ardently, blaze, burning, fierce, high, mightily, sin, vehement, violently), đầy sinh lực; hoạt động, đầy nghị lực (marrowy, vital). (various references)

Welsh		egni%ol, ymdrechgar (striving). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	contenta, contenti, contentus, impigri. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "energetic": energetically, energetics. (additional references)
	Words ending with "energetic": bioenergetic, hyperenergetic, overenergetic, ultraenergetic. (additional references)
	Words containing "energetic": bioenergetics. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Energetic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Einerseits, enerjetic, exergetic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "energetic" (pronounced e'nerje"tik)
5	-j e" t i k	apologetic, unapologetic.
4	-e" t i k	acetic, aesthetic, alphabetic, anesthetic, apathetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, cosmetic, diabetic, diamagnetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, epigenetic, ferromagnetic, frenetic, genetic, geomagnetic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, kinesthetic, kinetic, magnetic, paramagnetic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, sympathetic, synthetic, unsympathetic.
3	-t i k	acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, agnostic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apocalyptic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, aromatic, arthritic, artistic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, didactic, diplomatic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electrolytic, electrostatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, futuristic, galactic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homeostatic, humanistic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paralytic, parasitic, paternalistic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, pessimistic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, polytheistic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophylactic, prostatic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, symptomatic, synergistic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, voyeuristic.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-g-i-n-r-t"
	-1 letter: erecting, gentrice.
	-2 letters: enteric, enticer, generic, genetic, greenie, integer, teenier, treeing.
	-3 letters: center, centre, cering, cerite, cretin, cringe, engirt, entice, entire, entree, eterne, gerent, recent, recite, regent, renege, retene, retine, teeing, teener, tenrec, tierce, triene.
	-4 letters: citer, eerie, egret, enter, erect, genet, genic, genie, genre, green, greet, inert, inter, nicer, niece, niter, nitre, recti, reign, renig, rente, retie, tenge, terce, terne, tiger, tinge, treen, trice, trine.
	-5 letters: cent, cere, cete, cine, cire, cite, eger, erne, etic, gene, gent, gien, girn, girt, gree, grin, grit, nice, nite, rein, rent, rete, rice, ring, rite, teen, tern, tier, tine, ting, tire, tree, trig.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-g-i-n-r-t"
	+1 letter: energetics, reejecting, reelecting, reerecting, vicegerent.
	+2 letters: decentering, eigenvector, greenockite, preelecting, preerecting, redefecting, vicegerents.
	+3 letters: bioenergetic, decelerating, decrementing, detergencies, eigenvectors, electrogenic, generatrices, greenockites, intergeneric, petrogenetic, preselecting, racketeering, recentrifuge, resentencing.
	+4 letters: bioenergetics, cobelligerent, decerebrating, embryogenetic, energetically, intelligencer, overenergetic, presentencing, recentrifuged, recentrifuges.
	+5 letters: cobelligerents, electioneering, electrogenesis, hyperenergetic, intelligencers, presentencings, reaccelerating, reencountering, teleprocessing, ultraenergetic.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6E 65 72 67 65 74 69 63

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

. -. . .-. --. . - .. -.-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100111 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#110 &#101 &#114 &#103 &#101 &#116 &#105 &#99

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006E 0065 0072 0067 0065 0074 0069 0063

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
energetic material	39
bio energetic	27
energetic healing sydney	17
energetic healing	17
cellulose energetic	17
energetic nitrocellulose	15
energetic	12
energetic medicine	10
energetic patriot young	5
energetic balancing	5
energetic painting	4
energetic sound	4
energetic pax	3
energetic material research	2
energetic body wrap	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Energetic

Definitions: Energetic

Energetic

Adjective

Specialty Definitions: Energetic

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Energetic

Synonyms: Energetic

Synonyms within Context: Energetic

Exertion

Physical Energy

Crosswords: Energetic

Modern Usage: Energetic

Screenplays

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Energetic

Books

Theater & Movies

Image Slideshow: Energetic

Illustrations:Energetic

Computer Images:Energetic

Photo Album: Energetic

Sounds Captioned with "Energetic".

Familiar Quotations: Energetic

James Russell Lowell

Use in Literature: Energetic

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Energetic

Speeches: Energetic

Harry S. Truman

Usage Frequency: Energetic

Expressions: Energetic

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Energetic

energetic material

bio energetic

energetic healing sydney

energetic healing

cellulose energetic

energetic nitrocellulose

energetic

energetic medicine

energetic patriot young

energetic balancing

energetic painting

energetic sound

energetic pax

energetic material research

energetic body wrap

Modern Translations: Energetic

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Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Manx

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Papiamen

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Spanish

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Illustrations:
Energetic

Computer Images:
Energetic