Enthusiasm

Noun

 * 1) Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
 * 2)  Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.

Adjectives for Enthusiasm
warm; passionate; noisy; generous; ill-judged; romantic; voluble; girlish; glowing; exaggerated; weakening; boundless; fervent; ubiquitous; academic; rapt unrestrained; passing; patriotic; polemical rousing; gushing; uncontrolled; uncommon positive; lyric; religious; intense; irrepressible; beautiful; delirious; vapid; proud; popular; impetuous; smoldering; healthy; altruistic; fierce; contagious; usual; greedy; human; available; misguided; rapturous; solemn; latent; unreflecting; honest; dwindled; instant; wild; frantic; temporary; buoyant; fervid; virginal; virtuous; gen uine; inexhaustible; boyish; sweet; joyous earnest; hearty; lofty; flamboyant; divine common; contagious; actual; infectious; rash; increasing; unbounded; fanatical; heartiest;

Verbs for Enthusiasm
admire—; arouse—; awaken—; beam with—; beget—; chill—; dampen—; dim—; display—; evoke—; express—; feed—; fire with—; halt—; imbue with—; impart—; inspire with—; muster—; pour forth—; rationalize—; respond to—; rouse—; share—; suppress—; sustain—; tolerate—; vibrate with—; —blazes; —blindt; — bubbles; —flags; —flows; —melts away; — pales;—penetrates; —perishes; —rises; —spreads; —subsides; —wanes; —waxes.

Synonyms for Enthusiasm
rapture, fervor, joy, transport, passion, ardor, vigor, devotion, excitement, vehemence, feeling, emotion, zeal, warmth, optimism, eagerness, frenzy, exhilaration, earnestness, intensity, fanaticism, ecstasy, hilarity, mirth, merriment, gaiety.

Antonyms for Enthusiasm
dullness, tiredness, weariness, melancholy, ennui, pessimism, doubt, moroseness, coldness, indifference, lassitude, carelessness, apathy, lethargy, languor, wariness, calmness, dejection, calculation, caution, timidity, lifelessness, deadness.

Related terms

 * enthuse
 * enthusiast
 * enthusiastic
 * enthusiastically

Thesaurus
liveliness, lustiness, mania, manic-depressive psychosis, matter of interest, mettle, passion, pastime, perkiness, pertness, pliability, pliancy, promptness, rage, readiness, receptive mood, receptiveness, receptivity, relish, responsiveness, right mood, robustness, special interest, spirit, spiritedness, tractability, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance, vehemence, vivacity, warmth, willing ear, willing heart, willingness, zeal, zealousness, zest, zestfulness, zing, acquiescence, activity, agreeability, agreeableness, alacrity, amenability, amusement, animation, ardency, ardor, avidity, brio, briskness, bug, calenture, cathexis, cheerful consent, compliance, concern, concernment, consent, cooperativeness, craze, crazy fancy, curiosity, devotedness, devotion, diversion, docility, eagerness, earnest, earnestness, ebullience, elan, enthusiasticalness, excitement, exuberance, fad, fanaticism, fascination, favorable disposition, favorableness, fervency, fervor, fieriness, fire, forwardness, furor, furore, gameness, glow, goodwill, gusto, hobby, hurrah, impassionedness, impetuosity, impetus, infatuation, interest, joie de vivre, keenness, life,

Etymology
First attested from 1603, from ἐνθουσιασμός:, from ἔνθεος:, from ἐν: + θεός:.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: խանդավառություն,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 熱情, 热情
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שלהוב
 * Icelandic: ákafi,
 * Italian:, foga
 * Japanese:, 熱意
 * Korean: 열의


 * Malayalam: താത്പര്യം, ഉത്സാഹം
 * Manx: ard-jeeanid
 * Norwegian: begeistring,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: entuziasm
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: entuzijazam, oduševljenje,  zanos,  ushit
 * Slovene: navdušenje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: entusiasm
 * Telugu: ఉత్సాహం
 * Turkish:, şevk