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exuberance

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/
  • UK: /ˈɛɡ.ʒuː.bɜːɹ.əns/
  • US: /ɪɡˈzub(ə)rən(t)s/
  • US: /ɛɡˈzub(ə)rən(t)s/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 G Z UW1 B ER0 AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ebullience, joy, vim, vitality, ardor, alacrity, celerity, energy, enthusiasm, exuberance, exuberantness, fanaticism, fervor, gusto, purpose, verve, vigor, zeal, zealousness, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, felicity, gaiety, gayness, gayfulness, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasedness

Antonyms: apathy, dullness, listlessness

2

noun

Meaning 2

An instance of exuberant behaviour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • an exuberance of branches in a plant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An abundance of wealth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enthusiasm, ebullience

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness

Narrower terms: lyricism, madness, rabidity, rabidness

6

noun

Meaning 6

joyful enthusiasm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: joy, joyousness, joyfulness, enthusiasm

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: изобилие (izobilie) — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Catalan: exuberància — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Dutch: exuberantie — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Finnish: elämäniloisuus — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Finnish: elämänilo — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • German: Exuberanz — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • German: Überfluss — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • German: Überschwänglichkeit — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • German: Lebendigkeit — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • German: Enthusiasmus — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • German: Überschwang — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • German: Ausgelassenheit — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Irish: anamúlacht — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Irish: teaspach — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Italian: esuberanza — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Italian: entusiasmo — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Italian: vitalità — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Māori: tūkōripi — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Occitan: exuberància — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Portuguese: exuberância — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Russian: изоби́лие (izobílije) — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Russian: жи́вость (žívostʹ) — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Serbo-Croatian: bujnost — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Serbo-Croatian: obilje — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Serbo-Croatian: izobilje — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Spanish: exuberancia — The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness
  • Dutch: uitbundigheid — An instance of exuberant behaviour
  • German: Überschwang — An instance of exuberant behaviour
  • Portuguese: exuberância — An instance of exuberant behaviour
  • Serbo-Croatian: razmahanost — An instance of exuberant behaviour