Search Result for "spunky":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. showing courage;
- Example: "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"
[syn: feisty, plucky, spunky]
2. willing to face danger;
[syn: game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Spunkier (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Spunkiest.] Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "spunky": beany, bold, bulldoggish, combustible, courageous, dauntless, doughty, explosive, fearless, fiery, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy, gutty, hasty, high-spirited, hot, hot-tempered, hotheaded, mettlesome, nervy, passionate, peppery, pertinacious, plucky, quick, quick-tempered, red-blooded, resolute, short-tempered, spirited, spiritful, tenacious, tough, unfearing, volcanic
