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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

energetic or overexcited;

e.g. Eating a lot of candy makes the kids very hyper.

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Similar Words

Atingle

Excitable

Fiddle-footed

Flighty

High-strung

Hyperactive

Hyperexcitable

Hyperkinetic

Jittery

Jumpy

Nervous

Overexcited

Skittish

Spasmodic

Spooky

Wired

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Opposite Words

Calm

Collected

Cool

Easy

Easygoing

Laid-back

Relaxed

Serene

Tranquil

Unexcitable

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Related Words

Agitated

Anxious

Dramatic

Edgy

Emotional

Feverish

Frenzied

Heated

Hectic

Histrionic

Hot-blooded

Hyperactive

Hypersensitive

Intense

Irascible

Irritable

Mercurial

Nervy

Overactive

Overwrought

Prickly

Sensitive

Soulful

Temperamental

Tense

Testy

Touchy

Unstable

Uptight

Volatile

Volcanic

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