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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

stirring or moving excitedly;

e.g. The people in the crowd were astir after hearing the announcement.

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Similar Words

Abubble

Abuzz

Alive

Animated

Brisk

Bustling

Busy

Busyness

Flourishing

Happening

Hopping

Kinetic

Lively

Populous

Rousing

Serving

Stirring

Thriving

Vibrant

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Opposite Words

Asleep

Comatose

Dead

Dormant

Inactive

Lifeless

Resting

Semiconscious

Sleepy

Slow

Somnambulant

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Related Words

Abounding

Abundant

Active

Alive

Assiduous

Awake

Awash

Bustling

Busy

Busyness

Crowded

Diligent

Engaged

Flush

Fraught

Functional

Functionality

Going

Hopping

Industrious

Laborious

Live

Liver

Living

On

Online

Operating

Operational

Operative

Populous

Replete

Rife

Running

Sedulous

Sleepless

Thick

Wakeful

Wideawake

Working

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