Alacrity

Noun

 * 1) Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
 * 2) Promptness; speed.

Adjectives for Alacrity
marvelous; gladsome; incredible; peculiar; sparkling; unequalled; comical; momentary; light-footed; nimble ; feigned; eager; war-like; rhythmic; enthusiastic; headlong; keen; noteworthy; nervous.

Synonyms for Alacrity

 * avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness
 * briskness, celerity, haste, promptness, quickness, swiftness
 * speed, activity, eagerness, readiness, liveliness, animation, sprightliness, agility, vivacity, cheerfulness, alertness.

Antonyms for Alacrity

 * apathy, disinclination, hesitance, indifference, reluctance
 * slowness, indolence, unwillingness, dullness, aversion.

Related terms

 * alacritous

Thesaurus
abruptness; acquiescence; agility; agreeability; agreeableness; amenability; animation; anxiety; anxiousness; appetite; ardor; avidity; avidness; breathless impatience; briskness; cheerful consent; cheerful readiness; compliance; consent; cooperativeness; decisiveness; dispatch; docility; eagerness; elan; enthusiasm; expedition; expeditiousness; favorable disposition; favorableness; fervor; feverishness; forwardness; furiousness; gameness; goodwill; gust; gusto; hastiness; heartiness; hurriedness; immediacy; immediateness; impatience; impetuosity; impetuousness; impulsiveness; instantaneousness; keen desire; keenness; life; liveliness; nimbleness; pliability; pliancy; precipitance; precipitancy; precipitation; precipitousness; promptitude; promptness; punctuality; punctualness; quickness; rapidity; rashness; readiness; receptive mood; receptiveness; receptivity; responsiveness; right mood; sharpness; smartness; speed; speediness; spirit; spryness; suddenness; summariness; swiftness; tractability; ungrudgingness; unloathness; unreluctance; verve; vitality; vivacity; willing ear; willing heart; willingness; zeal; zealousness; zest; zestfulness

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/@"l{k.rI.ti/}}

Translations

 * Armenian: պատրաստակամություն, աշխուժություն
 * Bulgarian: готовност, усърдие
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Interlingua: alacritate


 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: skwapliwość
 * Russian:, живость,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,


 * Bulgarian: живост,
 * Czech:
 * Russian: расторопность, проворство


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, presteza