exuberance
Plural: exuberances
Noun
- joyful enthusiasm
- overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
- The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
- An instance of exuberant behaviour.
- An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.
- An abundance of wealth.
Examples
- an exuberance of branches in a plant
Origin / Etymology
From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex- (“out”) + uber (“udder”), which would have originally referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.
Synonyms
ebullience, enthusiasm, alacrity, ardor, blitheness, blithesomeness, celerity, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentedness, contentness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, energy, exuberance, exuberantness, fanaticism, felicity, fervor, gaiety, gayfulness, gayness, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, gusto, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasedness, purpose, verve, vigor, vim, zeal, zealousness
Scrabble Score: 21
exuberance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordexuberance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exuberance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary