Definition for Mettlesome:

• High- spirited: full of fire; brisk.

Synonyms for Mettlesome:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • mettlesome.
  •brave (adjective)
  • ardent.
  •energetic (adjective)
  • effervescent,
  • driven,
  • mighty,
  • powerful,
  • puissant,
  • potent,
  • fervid,
  • zealous.
  •feisty (adjective)
  • hotblooded,
  • hot-blooded.
  •gutsy (adjective)
  • Unfearful,
  • staunch.
  •racy (adjective)
  • gingery,
  • tangy.
  •spirited (adjective)
  • full life,
  • high spirited,
  • more rocking,
  • most rocking,
  • zingiest,
  • zappier,
  • zingier,
  • more hyper,
  • Rocking,
  • zappiest,
  • full of life.
  •strong (adjective)
  • formidable,
  • husky,
  • sinewy,
  • stable,
  • virile,
  • stout,
  • vital,
  • muscular,
  • firm,
  • sturdy,
  • brawny.
  •vigorous (adjective)
  • impassioned,
  • sprightly,
  • earnest,
  • hard-driving,
  • agitated,
  • exuberant,
  • passionate,
  • excited,
  • prolific,
  • ball of fire,
  • take charge,
  • frisky,
  • afire,
  • take over,
  • full-blooded,
  • strong as an ox,
  • burning,
  • fervent,
  • industrious,
  • emphatic,
  • ablaze,
  • strong as ox,
  • eager.

• n.

  •
  • fear,
  • hardy,
  • bold.
  •
  • feelings,
  • action.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • noble,
  • Fortitudinous,
  • stouthearted,
  • proud,
  • unafraid,
  • valiant,
  • doughty.
  •
  • gallant,
  • undaunted,
  • heroic,
  • valorous,
  • audacious,
  • intrepid.
  •conceited
  • puffy.

Antonyms for Mettlesome:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    fearful, boring, sleepy, sluggish, limp, nonassertive, inactive, lifeless, spiritless, inert, languid, vapid, lackadaisical, unassertive, lazy, tired, cowardly, Languishing, apathetic, impassive, leaden, dead, lethargic, unaggressive, unambitious, torpid, dull, unenterprising, tedious, phlegmatic, halfhearted, indolent, inanimate, bloodless, stolid, weary, languorous, listless.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    cautious, timid.

Mettlesome Sentence Examples:

• He directed the nobility as a skilful rider manages a mettlesome horse, sparing curb and spur when the use of the one might have unseated him, or the use of the other resulted in a frenzied bolt.

• Amid kind greetings from Captain Bartleson and others the eyes of the two - Hilary's so mettlesome, Ferry's so placid - exchanged meanings, and the pair went and sat alone on the trail of a gun; on Roaring Betsy's knee, as it were.

Homophones for Mettlesome:

• mendelism, meddlesome, mental lexicon, mental hygiene, Mount Logan, mendelsohn, Manihot Utilissima, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mount Wilson, mutualism, mentalism, mendelssohn.