Classes Voluntary Powers Voluntary Action Simple Voluntary Action Activity
Activity
Nouns
activity
briskness, liveliness etc. adj.
animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy
snap, vim. nimbleness, agility
smartness, quickness etc. adj.
velocity, c. Velocity
alacrity, promptitude
despatch, dispatch
expedition
haste etc. Haste
punctuality etc. (early) Earliness . eagerness, zeal, ardor, earnestness, intentness
abandon
vigor etc. (physical energy) Physical Energy
devotion etc. (resolution) Resolution
exertion etc. Exertion . industry, assiduity
assiduousness etc. adj.
sedulity
laboriousness
drudgery etc. (labor) Exertion
painstaking, diligence
perseverance etc. Resolution .Existence
indefatigation
habits of business. vigilance etc. Care [Vigilance.]
wakefulness
sleeplessness, restlessness
insomnia
pervigilium, insomnium
racketing. movement, bustle, stir, fuss, ado, bother, pottering, fidget, fidgetiness
flurry etc. (haste) Haste . officiousness
dabbling, meddling
interference, interposition, intermeddling
tampering with, intrigue. press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action. housewife, busy bee
new brooms
sharp fellow, sharp blade
devotee, enthusiast, zealot, meddler, intermeddler, intriguer, busybody, pickthank
hummer, hustler, live man [U.S.] , rustler [U.S.] .
Verbs
be active etc. adj.
busy oneself in
stir, stir about, stir one's stumps
bestir oneself, rouse oneself
speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss
raise up, kick up a dust
push
make a push, make a fuss, make a stir
go ahead, push forward
fight one's way, elbow one's way
make progress etc. [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression
toll etc. (labor) Exertion
plod, persist etc. (persevere) Resolution .Existence
keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling. look sharp
have all one's eyes about one etc. (vigilance) Care [Vigilance.]
rise, arouse oneself, hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone
seize the opportunity etc. Occasion , lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of
dash off
make haste etc. Haste
do one's best take pains etc. (exert oneself) Exertion
do wonders, work wonders. have many irons in the fire, have one's hands full, have much on one's hands
have other things to do, have other fish to fry
be busy
not have a moment to spare, not have a moment that one can call one's own. have one's fling, run the round of
go all lengths, stick at nothing, run riot. outdo
overdo, overact, overlay, overshoot the mark
make a toil of a pleasure. have a hand in etc. (act in) Action
take an active part, put in one's oar, have a finger in the pie, mix oneself up with, trouble, one's head about, intrigue
agitate. tamper with, meddle, moil
intermeddle, interfere, interpose
obtrude
poke one's nose in, thrust one's nose in.
Adjectives
active, brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee
lively, animated, vivacious
alive, alive and kicking
frisky, spirited, stirring. nimble, nimble as a squirrel
agile
light-footed, nimble-footed
featly, tripping. quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart
fast etc. (swift) Velocity
quick as a lamplighter, expeditious
awake, broad awake
go-ahead, live wide-awake [U.S.] etc. (intelligent) Intelligence, Wisdom . forward, eager, strenuous, zealous, enterprising, in earnest
resolute etc. Resolution . industrious, assiduous, diligent, sedulous, notable, painstaking
intent etc. (attention) Attention
indefatigable etc. (persevering) Resolution .Existence
unwearied
unsleeping, never tired
plodding, hard-working etc. Exertion
businesslike, workaday. bustling
restless, restless as a hyena
fussy, fidgety, pottering
busy, busy as hen with one chicken. working, at work, on duty, in harness
up in arms
on one's legs, at call
up and doing, up and stirring. busy, occupied
hard at work, hard at it
up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger. meddling etc. v.
meddlesome, pushing, officious, overofficious, intrigant. astir, stirring
agoing, afoot
on foot
in full swing
eventful
on the alert, c. (vigilant) Care [Vigilance.] .
Adverbs
actively etc. adj.
with life and spirit, with might and main etc. Exertion , with haste etc. Haste , with wings
full tilt
Int
be alive, look alive, look sharp!, move on, push on!, keep moving!, go ahead!, stir your stumps!, jaldi! , karo! , step lively!
Phrases
seize the day
the plot thickens
No sooner said than done etc. (early) Earliness
catch a weasel asleep
hard work in youth means soft rest in age
the busy hum of men" [Milton] .