zippy
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- Energetic and lively.
- Quick, speedy.
Pronunciation
/ˈzɪpi/
LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-zippy.wav
Word forms
zippy
zippier
zippiest
Etymology
From zip (“to move in haste; to make (something) move quickly”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
Synonyms
abuzz
active
agile
airy
alive
animate
animated
brisk
busy
busy as a bee
buxom
buzzing
diligent
driven
driving
dynamic
eager
effervescent
energetic
enthusiastic
expeditious
frisky
gay
genki
glowing
happy
hearty
impetuous
industrious
keen
kinetic
lively
merry
mobile
motivated
moving
nimble
peppy
perky
restive
sassy
snappy
spirited
sprightly
sprunt
spry
vibrant
vigorous
vivacious
vivid
wanton
youthful
zealous
zestful
zippy
cursory
express
fast
feverish
fleet
Antonyms
abeyant
at rest
cessant
dormant
dull
fallow
idle
inactive
inert
languid
latent
nonactive
passive
quiescent
silent
sedent
sedentary
slow
suspended
torpid
unactive
unbusy
unemployed
unoccupied
crawling
slack
slow-moving
languorous
draggy
creeping
dreich
gastropodous
glacial
heavy-footed
inching
labored
leaden
lead-footed
lethargic
low-speed
lumbering
plodding
pokey
ponderous
slothlike
slow as a snail
slow as Christmas
slow as molasses
slow as molasses in January
slowfooted
sluggish
stately
steady
subglacial
sullen
tardigrade
tedious
testudineous
turtleish
turtlesque
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