exuberant
/ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/adjective
exuberant is spelled E-X-U-B-E-R-A-N-T: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, exuberant means “Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in exuberant?
| Letters | 9: E-X-U-B-E-R-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is exuberant?
Exuberant appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce exuberant?
- /ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/
Exuberant has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-exuberant.ogg, En-au-exuberant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exuberant
- more exuberant comparative
- most exuberant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exuberant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.
exuberant feeling
- 2
Abundant, luxuriant.
exuberant foliage
- 3
Unusually proliferative, widespread or extreme, particularly in relation to a disease, immune reaction, or tissue
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exuberant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | exuberant, überschwänglich, ausgelassen, lebendig, enthusiastisch , üppig |
| Portuguese | exuberante |
| French | exubérant |
| Spanish | exuberante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does exuberant come from?
From Middle French exubérant, from Latin exūberāns, the present active participle of exūberō (“be abundant”). Put together from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).