Synonyms of animal spirits

animal spirits

plural noun

as in animation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• animation
• spirit
• liveliness
• sprightliness
• vivacity
• spiritedness
• resolution
• vibrancy
• perseverance
• briskness
• determination
• fire
• zeal
• fervor
• vivaciousness
• courage
• jauntiness
• intestinal fortitude
• spunkiness
• vibrance
• snappiness
• nerve
• fiber
• ardor
• fortitude
• heart
• élan
• esprit
• backbone
• gas
• temper
• guts
• energy
• ginger
• vinegar
• starch
• grit
• dynamism
• life
• courageousness
• muscle
• vitality
• vigor
• spunk
• passion
• juice
• strength
• potency
• beans
• gutsiness
• gumption
• vim
• dash
• bounce
• power
• stamina
• pluck
• zip
• pep
• gusto
• zing
• punch
• hardihood
• drive
• main
• might
• brio
• go
• mettle
• sap
• chutzpah
• pluckiness
• verve
• puissance
• get-up-and-go
• oomph
• moxie
• snap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cowardice
• cold feet
• poltroonery
• timidity
• fearfulness
• cowardliness
• spinelessness
• weakness
• tenderness
• mousiness
• softness
• impotence
• dastardliness
• cravenness
• powerlessness
• infirmity
• feebleness
• faintness
• debility
• delicacy
• impotency
• disablement
• frailty
• timorousness
• debilitation
• slightness
• enfeeblement
• faintheartedness
• frailness
• puniness

Examples of animal spirits in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The central bank wants to dampen Wall Street’s animal spirits and crimp demand for goods and services so inflation returns to a more manageable level and stays there. —Julia Horowitz, CNN, 3 May 2023

Each arc presents its own challenges for Maika Halfwolf and her allies to overcome, while also trickling out intriguing details about the history of the animal spirits known as Ancients and their long-ago war with the Lovecraftian Old Gods (including the one that now lives within Maika's body). —Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022

For its part, Citibank fears animal spirits at work. —Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023

Those pictures helped destroy the ancient belief that animal spirits pumped through hollow chambers inside the brain. —Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012