ebullient

1. 1.

   joyously unrestrained

   Synonymsexuberanthigh-spirited

   Similarspirited

Questions about ebullient

What does ebullient mean?

ebullient means "joyously unrestrained".

How many syllables are in ebullient?

ebullient has 3 syllables: eb-ul-lient. The stress falls on "ul". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈbʌljənt/.

What is another word for ebullient?

Close synonyms include exuberant, high-spirited. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ebullient a common word?

ebullient is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.