Reverse Dictionary: ENL – ENTH

ENLARGE – verbs
– AGGRANDIZE to make great, enlarge; to raise, prefer, advance …1638
– AMPLIFICATE † to amplify, to augment, to enlarge, to extend; to dwell long on a subject …1731 
​- BOUND OUT to swell out; to enlarge …Bk1911 Sc.
– ECHE † to enlarge, to augment, to increase …a1000
– LARGE † to enlarge, to increase, to widen …a1340
– SCAT ABROAD to open, to enlarge …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
ENLARGED – adjectives
– LARGED †* enlarged, unconstrained, slack …1382
 
ENLARGEMENT, ENLARGING – nouns
– ECHING the act of increasing, enlarging, supplementing; an addition …1382
– EKEMENT †* an increase, extension, enlargement …a1603
– ELARGEMENT †* enlargement …1680
– LARGING † enlargement …1510
 
ENLIGHTEN – verbs
– DAYLIGHT to enlighten; to explain …1970s US Black sl.
– ILLIGHTEN † to illuminate, to enlighten …1555
– ILLUME up the face, as a smile; to enlighten or illuminate the mind or understanding …a1764
– ILLUMINE 1. to enlighten spiritually; to convert; to inspire …c1340
*  2. to enlighten mentally or intellectually …a1529
– INSENSE to cause to understand; to explain, to inform; to enlighten …1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– LIGHT to enlighten someone with general or specific knowledge …20C US Black sl.
 
ENLIGHTENING – adjectives
– ILLUMINANT lighting up; enlightening …1677
 
ENLIGHTENMENT – verbs
– BENIGHTEN * to deprive of enlightenment …1844
 
ENLIST – verbs
– RE-UP to replenish a stack of something; to re-supply something; to re-sign or re-enlist …1906 US sl., orig. military usage for re-enlisting
– SHIP OVER to re-enlist …Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
– TAKE ON to enlist; to adopt a profession, etc. …1798 Sc.
 
ENLIVEN – verbs
– ACTUATE to inspire with active properties, to quicken, to enliven, to vivify …1642 arch.
– FUNK OUT to make more interesting, exciting, or vibrant; to enliven …1995
– FUNK UP to make more interesting, exciting, or vibrant; to enliven …1972
– JUICE UP to instil with vigour, to liven up …1964 sl.
– PEARTEN to make lively or cheerful; to enliven …1827 Amer. dial.
– PEP UP to instil with vigour, to liven up …1925 UK sl.
– PUNCH UP to enliven, as with fresh ideas or additional material …colloq.
– UPCHEER †* to cheer up; to brighten, enliven, encourage …c1586
– ZAP to instil with vigour, to liven up …1979 sl., orig. US
 
ENLIVENED – adjectives
– FUNKED OUT made more interesting, exciting, or vibrant; enlivened …1987
– FUNKED UP made more interesting, exciting, or vibrant; enlivened …1975
 
ENLIVENING – adjectives
– GALLIARDIZING † tending to revelry; enlivening, exciting to levity …1697
– LIGHTSOME not weighed down by care, pain, or sorrow; light-headed, cheerful, merry; also, enlivening, entertaining …a1366
 
ENMITY – nouns
– HEARTBURN rankling jealousy, discontent, or enmity …1621
– HEARTBURNING jealousy, resentment, discontent; enmity …1824 Amer. dial.
– UNFRIENDSHIP enmity; ill-will …1897 Sc.
enmity – verbs 
– HAVE A PICK AT SOMEONE to hold a grudge against one; to feel enmity or ill will towards one; to give one a hard time …1834 Amer. dial.
– HEART-BURN † to treat or regard with enmity …1612
 
ENNUI – verbs
– HOLD A PERSON OUT OF LANGUOR to keep him from ennui, to divert him …1773 Sc.
 
ENORMITY – nouns
– IMMANITY * great size or severity; enormity, hugeness, immensity …1586
 
ENORMOUS – adjectives
– ALMIGHTY of high intensity or degree; very great; enormous; considerable; outright, complete …1824 colloq.
– GARGANTUAN † enormous, monstrous …1596
– HUMANGOUS enormous, outsized, huge …1960s sl., orig. US
– HUMONGOID enormous, outsized, huge …1960s sl., orig. US
– HUMONGOUS enormous, outsized, huge, very large …1968 sl., orig. US
– HUMUNGO enormous, outsized, huge …1960s sl., orig. US
– HUMUNGOUS enormous, outsized, huge, very large …1968 sl., orig. US
– HUNKIN enormous …1997 US sl.
– IMMANE monstrous in size or strength; huge, vast, enormous, tremendous …1615 arch.
– JEEROOSELY mighty, big, enormous …1914 Amer. dial.
– JEEROOSLY mighty, big, enormous …1904 Amer. dial.
– MACCA enormous …2003 Eng. school sl.
– MAMMOTH very big, large, enormous …1802 Amer. dial.
– MOBY enormous, huge …1965 US college sl.
– RAPPING † uncommonly big or striking, enormous, huge …1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
enormous – nouns
– BLOCKBUSTER anything enormous or gigantic; often used of a best-selling novel, film, TV series, etc. …1940s sl.
 
ENORMOUSLY – adjectives
– ALL-FIREDLY enormously …Bk1898 Amer.
 
ENOUGH – adjectives
– ENOW enough, sufficient in quantity …1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UP TO SNUFF enough, sufficient, good enough …1994 US sl.
enough – adverbs 
– ENOW enough, in a sufficient degree …1863 Eng. dial.
– THALLURE enough …1889 Eng. dial.
enough – nouns 
– ABUNDANCE enough …1782 Sc.
– GUTFUL one’s fill; more than enough …Aust. & NZ colloq.
– GUTSFUL one’s fill; more than enough …Aust. & NZ colloq.
– SATISDICTION saying enough …1647 nonce word
– SNOOTFUL more then enough of something; one’s fill …1940s Amer. sl.
– SNOOT FULL more then enough of something; one’s fill …1940s Amer. sl.
– WAMEFUL a bellyful, enough to satisfy a want or desire …1722 Sc.
enough – interjections/phrases
– ALL ONE CAN SAY GRACE OVER as much as one can handle, all one can find time for …1941 Amer. dial.
– GAME! used for expressing that enough is enough …1997 US sl.
– GAME OVER! used for expressing that enough is enough …1997 US sl.
– NUFF SAID used as an indication that nothing more need be said on a particular topic …1840 sl.
 
ENQUIRE – verbs  (also see INQUIRE)
– FAND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track …c1225
– FATHOM INTO † to enquire into …1607
– FOND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track …c1225
– TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF † to make formal enquiry of or about …1399
 
ENRAGE – verbs  (also see RAGE)
– FASH † to make angry, to enrage; to fret, to be angry … 1533 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GET ONE’S RAG OUT to provoke anyone to anger; to enrage …c1880 Eng. dial.
– RAG to tease, to worry, to vex, to enrage …1808 Eng. dial. & sl.
– RAISE to infuriate, to enrage, to inflame, to drive into an extreme state of frenzied excitement …1786 Sc.
 
ENRAGED – adjectives  (also see RAGE)
– AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered …1853 Amer. dial.
– AWRY-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry …1919 Amer. dial.
– BROTHELY † fierce, violent, angry, enraged …1330
– FUNKY †* prone to kicking; irritable, easily angered or enraged …1855 Sc.
– HAIRED UP angry, enraged, upset, vexed, anxious …1914 Amer. dial.
– HARED UP angry, enraged, upset, vexed, anxious …1914 Amer. dial.
– HARRED UP angry, enraged, upset, vexed, anxious …1914 Amer. dial.
– HORN-MAD apparently originally of horned beasts: enraged so as to be ready to horn anyone;  hence of persons: mad with rage, outrageously vexed, furious …1579 arch.
– HUBBER-BUBBER in a state of excitement or rage …1869
– IROUS † wrathful, angry, enraged, raging …a1300
– MAD AS A HORNET very angry, enraged …1848 US
– MADDED * rendered mad; deprived of reason or intelligence; excited to fury, enraged …c1580
– OREY-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry …1926 Amer. dial.
– ORIE-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry …1928 Amer. dial.
– ORRY-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry …1939 Amer. dial.
enraged – nouns
– HEAVINESS † enraged feeling, displeasure, anger …c1386
enraged – verbs 
– DASH to become enraged with …1990s UK Black sl.
– GET ONE’S BACK UP to become or make annoyed; to become enraged …c1870 colloq.
– GET ONE’S DANDER UP to become enraged or angry; to lose one’s temper …1834 
– PLAY THE HANGMENT to be much enraged …1825 Eng. dial.
– SNORT to be enraged at a thing; to refuse to do a thing …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– TAKE FIRE to become ‘enflamed’ with some emotion or the like; to become excited, esp. with anger; to become enraged …1607
 
ENRAPTURE – verbs
– RAPT † to enrapture, to transport …1598
– RAPTURE * to enrapture …1637
 
ENRAPTURED – adjectives
– ECSTATICAL enraptured, ecstatic …1600 arch.
 
ENRICH – adjectives
– LOCUPLETATIVE tending to enrich …1802-12
enrich – verbs 
– COLLOCUPLICATE † to enrich …1623
– DIVITIATE † to enrich, to make rich …1627
– FEATHER ONE’S NEST to avail oneself of opportunities for laying up wealth, to enrich oneself; to make a good profit …1583
– IMBURSE † to enrich …1641-6
– I-WEALY † to make a person wealthy or wealthier; also, to enrich, to improve, to enhance something …a1000
– RAGOO † to give piquancy or variety to; to enrich or improve …1749
– RAGOUT † to give piquancy or variety to; to enrich or improve …1749
 
ENSCONCE – verbs
– SCONCE to settle oneself, to take up one’s position; to ensconce oneself …1866 Sc.
 
ENSIGN – nouns
– ORIFLAMME any banner or ensign, material or ideal, that serves as a rallying point for a struggle, etc. …1600
– TOKEN † an ensign, a standard …a1000
ensign – person
– HAND-SENYIE † an ensign or standard-bearer …1545 Sc.
 
ENSNARE – verbs
– BEGIN † to entrap, to ensnare …c1250
– BESNARE to take in a snare; to entrap …1571
– BETRAISE † to seize, entrap, ensnare the unsuspecting …c1400
– BETRAISH † to seize, entrap, ensnare the unsuspecting …c1400
– BETRAP † to catch in a trap; to entrap, to ensnare, to circumvent, to enclose …a1000
– ILLAQUEATE † to catch as in a noose; to ensnare, to entrap, to entangle …1548 now rare or obs.
– NIGGLE † to ensnare, to entrap in an ambuscade …1866 Sc. 
 
ENSNARED – adjectives
– ILLAQUEABLE †* capable of being ensnared …1678
– ILLAQUEATE †* ensnared …1548
ensnared – nouns 
– ILLAQUEATION † the act of catching or entangling in a noose or snare; entrapping or entangling in argument; the condition of being entangled or ensnared …1605
 
ENSNARL – verbs
– INSNORL to entangle, to inveigle, to ensnarl …1871 Sc.
 
ENSUE – verbs
– SUCCEED † to follow as a consequence of; to ensue, to result …1537
– SUE † to follow in the sequence of events, as a consequence or result; to ensue …a1225
 
ENSUING – adjectives
– SUANT † following, ensuing …1422
 
ENTANGLE – verbs (also see TANGLE)
– BAFFLE to twist irregularly, to entangle …1889 Eng. dial.
– BESWAPE †* to envelop, to entangle …c980
– BRANGLE to entangle, to confuse …Bk1911 Sc.
– CADGEL † to entangle …1648 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CAFFLE to entangle …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CAMPER to entangle, to join together …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CANGLE, KANGLE to entangle …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– FANKLE to tangle; to entangle …c1450 Sc.
– FOSSLE to entangle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– GAGE † to bind or entangle in …1596
– HANKER to entangle in, to become fastened on …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HANKLE to entangle, twist together …1781 Eng. dial.
– HARL to entangle, to twist, to knot together; to ravel or confuse …a1300 Eng. dial.
– HATTER to mix or confuse things; to throw into disorder; to entangle, to knot …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– ILLAQUEATE † to catch as in a noose; to ensnare, to entrap, to entangle …1548 now rare or obs.
– IMBRAKE † to entangle …1613-18
– IMBRANGLE to confuse, to entangle; to embroil …1856 Eng. dial.
– IMPESTER † to entangle, to embarrass, to encumber …1601
– IMPLICATE to intertwine; to wreathe, to twist, or knit together; to entwine, to entangle …1610
– IMPLY † to enfold, to enwrap, to entangle, to involve …c1374
– INSNORL to entangle, to inveigle, to ensnarl …1871 Sc.
– LAP † to involve; to imply, to include; to implicate, to entangle …a1340
– RABBLE to ravel, entangle …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAFFLE to ravel, to entangle …1800 N. Eng. dial.
– RANGLE to entwine, to entangle, to wind about …1825 Eng. dial.
– RAVEL to get into a confusion or tangle; to entangle, to disorder, to muddle …1791 Sc.
– SCROBBLE to entangle; to ravel …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– TAFFLE to ravel, to entangle; to ruffle …1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TAIGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay …1635 Sc.
– TAISLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder …1866 Sc.
– TARDLE to entangle …1851 Eng. dial.
– TAT to mat; to entangle; to run into tufts, as hair, wool, etc. …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TATHER to entangle; to twist; to knot; to involve …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TAUT to mat, to tangle, to make matted or tangled …1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TAZZLE to entangle …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TEAGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay …1635 Sc.
– TEAZLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder …1866 Sc.
– THRUM to entangle; to enwrap in a careless manner; to fold or put aside carelessly …Bk1905 Sc.
– TIFFLE to disorder, to disarrange; to entangle; to ravel …1811 chiefly Eng. dial.
– TIFLE to disorder, to disarrange; to entangle; to ravel …1811 chiefly Eng. dial.
– TOIL to entrap, to entangle …1621
– TWANGLE to twist, entangle, ruffle …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– VUSTLE to entangle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
ENTANGLED – adjectives
– ACCUMBERED † overwhelmed, embarrassed, entangled, encumbered …c1300
– BERAFFLED perplexed, entangled …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CAIGERED entangled …Bk1898 Sc.
– CAKED twisted, entangled …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CONTORTUPLICATED † entangled and twisted …1648
– FAFFLED entangled; bothered …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FANKLED entangled …1873 Sc.
– HANKLED twisted, entangled …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HATERY dishevelled, entangled …Bk1902 Sc.
– HATRY dishevelled, entangled …Bk1902 Sc.
– IMPLICIT † entangled, entwined, folded, or twisted together; involved …1608
– IN A THRUM entangled …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– INTRINSE † intricate, entangled, involved, complicated …1605
– INTRINSICATE † intricate, involved, entangled, perplexed …1560
– INVOLUTE involved; entangled; intricate; formerly also, hidden, obscure …M17
– MELDERED mixed, entangled …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TANGLY tousled, tangled, entangled …19C Eng. dial.
– TATTED of hair, wool, etc.: matted, entangled, rough, shaggy, unkempt …1721 Sc.
– TEDD † ravelled, entangled …B1900 Sc.
– TETHERY of weeds, etc.: entangled, entwined …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THRUMMY entangled …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNRIDDY entangled …1824 Sc.
entangled – nouns
– ATTERIL a shapeless, dirty, or entangled mass; a complete wreck …1889 Eng. dial.
– ATTRIL a shapeless, dirty, or entangled mass; a complete wreck …1889 Eng. dial.
– INVOLUTION something complicated or entangled; an intricate movement, a tangle …E17
 
ENTANGLEMENT – nouns
– EMBROGLIO a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement …1818
– FANKLE a tangle, a muddle; an entanglement; a predicament …1818 Sc.
– HAMPER confusion, entanglement; perplexity …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAMPERMENT confusion, entanglement; perplexity …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HANGMENT a hanging, execution; entanglement …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HARL a confused, tangled mass; an entanglement; a state of confusion …1825 Eng. dial.
– ILLIGATION †* entanglement …1627-77
– IMPESTERMENT † an entanglement, embarrassment, encumbrance …1652
– IMPLICAMENT †* entanglement …c1450
– IMPLICANCY †* entanglement, confusion; contradiction of terms …1638
– IMPLICATE † entanglement, confusion …1638
– IMPLICITY †* entanglement, complication, involution …1602
– IMPLOYMENT †* implication, entanglement …1598
– MELDER entanglement; mental confusion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– IMBROGLIO a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement …1818
– SCRAWL a tangle; an entanglement …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– TIE-UP an entanglement …1881
 
ENTANGLING – adjectives
– IMPLICATORY †* of entangling nature or character …1642
entangling – nouns 
– ILLAQUEATION † the act of catching or entangling in a noose or snare; entrapping or entangling in argument; the condition of being entangled or ensnared …1605
 
ENTER – person
– INSTERS the people who have come in …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
enter – verbs 
– ABORD † to approach, to come close to; to enter, to land on, to gain a footing upon …1509
– BULGE IN to enter or approach abruptly; to barge in …1834 Amer. dial.
– BUM-RUSH to come in; to break down the doors; common rap term …20C teen & high school sl.
– INTERMIT to admit, to allow to enter …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– OIL IN to enter, to intrude …1920s sl.
– SAIL IN to arrive, to enter, esp. in a slow and measured manner …M19 sl.
– SAIL INTO to arrive, to enter, esp. in a slow and measured manner …M19 sl.
– TAKE IN † to go in, to enter …1654 obs. exc. Sc.
– WORM ONE’S WAY (INTO) to enter or penetrate stealthily .,..1845 Amer. sl.
enter – phrases
– EMOK NYE come in …L19 back-slang
 
ENTERPRISE – nouns
– ADVENTRY †* an adventure; an enterprise or undertaking …a1616
– GET-UP energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination …1841 sl., orig. US
– GET-UP-AND-GET energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination …1870 sl., orig. US
– GET-UP-AND-GO energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination …1907 sl., orig. US
– GUMPTION practical good sense or initiative; shrewdness; courage; enterprise …1719 colloq., orig. Sc.
– TAB an enterprise; an activity …1946 US sl.
 
ENTERPRISING – adjectives
– ADVENTUREFUL ready for adventure, enterprising …a1832
– GO-AHEAD enterprising, having energy and initiative …M19
– GUMPTIOUS ambitious, energetic, enterprising, eager …1942 Amer. dial.
enterprising – person 
– GETTER a go-getter; an enterprising or ambitious person; a determined person, one likely to succeed …Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
– GO-GETTER an ambitious or enterprising person …1910 sl., orig. US
– HARD CHARGER an aggressive, persistent person; one who has a lot of push and an abrasive personality, even when it is not needed; an energetic, enterprising, and ambitious person; a go-getter …1951 orig. US military sl.
– NO SLOUCH something or someone good, acceptable, enterprising or energetic …L18 sl.
 
ENTERTAIN – verbs
– DO IT WELL to entertain, to provide food or other material comforts to one’s own satisfaction …L19 sl.
– DO ONESELF PROUD to entertain, to provide food or other material comforts to one’s own satisfaction …M19 sl.
– DO ONESELF WELL to entertain, to provide food or other material comforts to one’s own satisfaction …L19 sl.
– DO SOMEONE PROUD to entertain, to provide food or other material comforts to someone’s satisfaction …M19 sl.
– JUNKET †* to provide a feast for; to entertain with food and drink …1642
– LUBE to keep happy, to entertain …1930s sl.
– SKENT † to entertain, to amuse …a1250
 
ENTERTAINING, ENTERTAINMENT – adjectives
– DIVERTISSANT † diverting, entertaining, amusing, pleasing …1645
– FUN enjoyable; pleasant; entertaining …1950 orig. US
– FUNSY providing amusement or diversion; entertaining, light-hearted …1958 colloq.
– GOOD AS A PLAY very interesting; exceedingly entertaining or amusing …1827
– LIGHTSOME not weighed down by care, pain, or sorrow; light-headed, cheerful, merry; also, enlivening, entertaining …a1366
– QUEER † amusing, funny, humorous, entertaining …1787 Sc.
– RICH entertaining …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
entertaining, entertainment – nouns
– BALLY HOO a free entertainment used for a decoy to attract customers …Bk1914 criminals’ sl. 
– BEANO a festive entertainment frequently terminating in a noisy frolic or spree; a large meal …1888 sl.
– BLOW-OUT a feast, entertainment; a large meal …1821 sl.
– BRAIN CANDY broadly appealing, undemanding entertainment which is not intellectually stimulating …1968 colloq.
– CAMP-STOOL BRIGADE the people who wait outside a place of entertainment to secure the best seats, and bring camp-stools with them to rest themselves …1889 sl.
– CONCERT a play; a show; any theatrical entertainment …1992 UK sl.
– CORKER something good, funny, or entertaining …Bk2006 US sl.
– GAUDY, GAWDY a grand feast or entertainment; an annual dinner in commemoration of some event in the history of a college …1651
– HANDLING an entertainment, party, meeting, gathering …1820 Sc.
– HAPPY entertainment, enjoyment …1942 Amer. dial.
– HIDEAWAY a small quiet restaurant, etc.; a secluded place of entertainment …E20
– JAUL, JAWL a good time, merry-marking, enjoyment, entertainment …1950s S. Afr.
– JOL a good time, merry-marking, enjoyment, entertainment …1950s S. Afr.
– KAILIE, KALEY, KEALIE a social evening, esp. among neighbours; an evening’s informal entertainment, generally including singing and the telling of stories; a friendly visit …1840 Sc.
– LET OUT an entertainment on a large or lavish scale …1836 Anglo-Irish
– SHINDIG any public or social entertainment …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– SKENTING † entertainment …c1200
– TICERY entertainments of all kinds…Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WAITING entertainment, feasting …a1300 obs.
entertaining, entertainment – person  (includes ENTERTAINER)
– ABIE a radio personality or entertainer who is a sure money maker …1938 US sl.
– BANKABLE a star whose presence in a film virtually guarantees investors and audiences …Bk2006 Amer. sl. 
– CORKER a good, funny, or entertaining person …Bk2006 US sl.
– FEASTER † the giver of a feast, a host, an entertainer …c1425
– FLY-BY-NIGHTER a person who goes out at night to places of entertainment …1959
– GAMEMAN † a jester, a joker, an entertainer …1340
– GAS one who pleases or delights; a first-rate, amusing, or entertaining person …1957 orig. US
– GASSER a first-rate, delightful, amusing, or entertaining person; a highly admired person considered to be the best …1944 sl., orig. jazz usage
– GLEEMAN † a professional entertainer at social gatherings; especially, a singer, musician, or minstrel … c897
– HAS-BEEN one that has been but is no longer; a person whose best days are over; a person who was one famous, important, or successful, and is no longer; an aging entertainer or athlete who is no longer in the public’s favour; an out-of-date person …1702
– JOLLER one who frequents ‘unsavoury’ bars, dance-halls and similar places of low-life entertainment …1960s S. Afr.
– NOBBER a person who collects money for a street entertainer …1890 Brit. sl.
– PAGE-ONER an entertainer, celebrity, or other person with always newsworthy name or doings …Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
– TOP-LINER an entertainer who is important enough to be the star of a show …1901 Brit. theatre, colloq.
entertaining, entertainment – verbs 
– JOL to stroll, to run, to depart; to look for some fun or entertainment …1940s S. Afr.
– KEEP OPEN DOORS to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally …1841
– KEEP OPEN HOUSE to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally …1530
– KEEP OPEN HOUSEHOLD † to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally …a1548
– KEEP OPEN TABLE to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally …1720
– PHONE of an entertainer: to go through the motions; to produce a half-hearted performance …2003 UK sl.
– PHONE IT IN of an entertainer: to go through the motions; to produce a half-hearted performance …2003 UK sl.
– SEE THE MONKEY DANCE to see novel and entertaining things …1863 Amer. sl.
– SEE THE MONKEY SHOW to see novel and entertaining things …1861 Amer. sl.
 
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY – adjectives
– HOT of a set in the television and film industries: fully prepared for filming …1977 US sl.
entertainment industry – nouns 
– ABBY SINGER in television and film-making: the next-to-last shot of the day …1990 US sl.
– BIZ, THE the entertainment, theatre, or film making business …1961 UK sl.
– CARRY DAY in television and film-making: a day in which the cast and crew are paid but do not have to work …1990 US sl.
– DAILIES film scenes filmed one day, rush processed and delivered for viewing by the director and others the same or next day …1970s US sl.
– DINKY INKY in television and film-making: a low watt spotlight …1990 US sl.
– GATOR GRIP in television and film-making: a clamp used to attach lights …1987 US sl.
– HOOKER in the advertising and entertainment industry: an element or inducement intended to stimulate the interest of a reader, audience, customer, etc. …1968 Amer. sl.
– MACGUFFIN in the film industry: a plot device that though seemingly important serves only to set a plot in motion; a gimmick; a hook …1939 sl.
– NIGHT FOR NIGHT in television and film-making: a scene set at night that is also shot at night …1988 US sl.
– PAGE ONER a screenplay in need of a complete rewrite …1997 US sl.
– SNOOT in the television and movie industries: a cone attachment that directs light to a specific area …1990 US sl.
– TRADES the trade journals of the US entertainment industry …1984 US sl.
– UMBRELLA in the television and film industries: a reflector used to bounce light onto a subject…1990 US sl.
entertainment industry – person
– TRACKER in the television and film industries: a low-level development executive …1997 US sl.
entertainment industry – verbs 
– CHEAT in the entertainment industry: to move slightly to create a better camera angle …1991 US sl.
– CRAB in the television and film industries: to move the camera sideways …1987 US sl.
 
ENTHRALL – verbs
– BETHRALL †* to enthrall, to enslave …1596
– CAPTIVE to captivate, to enthrall …1528 arch.
 
ENTHRALLED – adjectives
– GONE said of someone completely enthralled or entranced, esp. by rhythmic music, drugs, etc. …1946 sl., orig. US jazz usage
– SENT said of someone completely enthralled or entranced, esp. by rhythmic music, drugs, etc. …1940 sl.
– WRAPPED enthralled; overjoyed; pleased; totally amazed by; enthusiastic about …c1955 Aust. sl.
 
ENTHRALLING – nouns
– KILLOUT an amazing person; an enthralling topic or thing …1930s US Black sl.
 
ENTHUSE – verbs
– FALL OUT to enthuse, to be delighted by …1930s sl.
 
ENTHUSIASM, LACKING ENTHUSIASM – adjectives
– LACKADAISY lackadaisical; lacking enthusiasm and determination …1792
 
ENTHUSIASM – nouns
– AMBISH aggressive ambition or enthusiasm …1897 Amer. sl.
– ARDURE † heat of passion or desire, vehemence, ardent desire; warmth of emotion, zeal, fervour, eagerness, enthusiasm …1386
– BUG an obsessive enthusiasm or craze; an obsession or urge …1902 sl., orig. US
– CONFUSIASM enthusiastic confusion or confused enthusiasm …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COOLING CARD something that defuses one’s enthusiasm or deflates one’s passion …M16 sl.
– DAUBER spirit; enthusiasm …1915 US sl.
– DOBBER spirit, morale; enthusiasm …1910s US sl.
– EBULLIENCE an issuing forth in agitation, like boiling water; overflow; enthusiasm, extravagance …1749
– EFFUSION enthusiastic demeanour …1878
– ELAN ardour; zeal; enthusiasm; impetuousness, vivacity …1880 
– EMPRESSEMENT eagerness; cordiality; zeal; ardour; enthusiasm; animated display of friendliness …1709 arch. 
– FEVER enthusiastic or excited interest …1885 sl.
– FUROR great enthusiasm or excitement; a craze which takes everyone by storm …1704
– GET UP AND GO energy; enthusiasm …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MUSTARD zest or enthusiasm …sl. chiefly US
– OATS enthusiasm …1831 US sl.
– OOMPH energy, vigour, vitality, enthusiasm …1937 sl., orig. US
– SPARK vivacity, enthusiasm, or humour
– THUZZY-MUZZY enthusiasm …1840 sl.
– ZOOM zest, vivacity, enthusiasm …1960s sl.
– ZOWIE keenness, enthusiasm, energy …1910s sl.
enthusiasm – person
– MAFFICKER n. one who celebrates a joyful event with frenzied enthusiasm …1900
enthusiasm – verbs 
– POISON to affect with passion or enthusiasm …1893 Amer. dial.
enthusiasm – interjections 
– HI-DE-HI! greeting, encouraging, or expressing enthusiasm, esp. in a dance band, holiday camp, etc. ; frequently  answered with ‘ho-de-ho’ …M20
– HI-DE-HO! expressing joy or enthusiasm, esp. in a jazz or dance band …M20
– MAN! an exclamation of surprise, enthusiasm, dismay, or astonishment …1869
 
ENTHUSIAST, ENTHUSIASTIC – adjectives
– BIG ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1867 orig. & chiefly US
– BITTEN BY THE BUG obsessively enthusiastic …1902 sl.
– CAN-DO positive, enthusiastic, aggressive; confident and resourceful in the face of challenges …20C sl., orig. US
– CRAZY ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1904
– DIERNED determined, enthusiastic …B1900 Eng. dial.
– DINKY wildly enthusiastic; crazy …1969 US sl.
– EBULLIENT of energy, feelings, influences: gushing forth like boiling water; bubbling over, overflowing, enthusiastic …1664
– EFFERVESCENT vivacious, enthusiastic, cheerful …1833
– FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic …a1586
– FRET enthusiastic; excellent …1999 Irish sl.
– GAME AS A BADGER very enthusiastic, raring to go, eager …1910s US sl.
– GLUED enthusiastic about …L19 US college sl.
– GUNG-HO very zealous; totally committed; dedicated; spirited; enthusiastic; wholeheartedly fervid about doing something…1942 US sl., orig. US Marine Corps usage
– GUNGI, GUNGY enthusiastic; spirited, brave …1961 US sl.
– HEART AND SOUL devoted and enthusiastic …1836
– HIGH ON enthusiastic about …1930s sl., orig. US
– HIPPED ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1920 orig. US
– HOPPED UP full of vigour and enthusiasm …1923 US sl.
– HOT ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1865
– INTO fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1969
– JACKED OFF enthusiastic, very keen …1980s US sl.
– JAZZED excited or enthusiastic …1918 Amer. sl.
– JAZZED UP excited or enthusiastic …1918 Amer. sl.
– JEALOUS † devoted, eager, zealous, zealously enthusiastic …1535
– KEEN ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1889
– LARGE enthusiastic …1967 Amer. dial.
– LARGE FOR (SOMETHING) enthusiastic about (something) …1960s Amer. sl.
– MAD ABOUT enthusiastic about; fond of; having a strong liking for; sexually infatuated …1744 UK
– MAD FOR IT extremely enthusiastic …1940s sl.
– MAD KEEN ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1949
– MAFFICKY inclined to be uproariously enthusiastic; frenzied with joy …Bk1910 sl.
– NUTS ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1785
– NUTS ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1785
– OFF ONE’S FACE extremely enthusiastic about …1960s sl.
– OFF ONE’S NUT infatuated, very enthusiastic …M19 sl.
– ON A KICK enthusiastic about …1940s sl., orig. US
– POTTY ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1923
– RAH-RAH characterized by excessive spirit and enthusiasm …1914 US sl.
– SOLD ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1928 orig. US
– STOKED excited, enthusiastic …1960s Amer. sl.
– STOKED ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1963 orig. & chiefly surfing sl.
– UP FOR IT motivated to do something; enthusiastic, ready for anything …1880s US Black sl.
– WILD intensely eager or enthusiastic; exciting …1955 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
– WILD ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1868
– WRAPPED enthralled; overjoyed; pleased; totally amazed by; enthusiastic about …c1955 Aust. sl.
– YEVEROUS † eager, zealously enthusiastic, impetuous …c1400
– ZONKED enthusiastic or excited …1970s US sl.
– ZONKERS enthusiastic or excited …1970s US sl.
enthusiast, enthusiastic – person
– BAG OF RATIONS a fussy or over-enthusiastic person, particularly if he was of superior rank; used contemptuously …World War I Eng. sl. 
– BOFFIN a person who is enthusiastic for and knowledgeable in any pursuit, activity, study, etc., esp. a research scientist; someone engaged on (secret) research; orig. Royal Air Force usage for a scientist working on radar …1945 sl.
– BUFF someone who favours or enjoys something; an enthusiast; a fan…1931 sl., orig. US
– BUG one who favours or enjoys something; an enthusiast …1841 sl., orig. US
– EAGER BEAVER a person who is very eager to obtain something; a person who is always on time or always early; someone who volunteers for everything; an enthusiast; a zealous person eager for work …1943 sl., orig. US
– FAN an enthusiast, orig. of sport …1889., orig. US
– FIEND one who favours or enjoys something; an enthusiast …1884 sl., orig. US
– FLAMER an enthusiast; a success with the female sex, a lady’s man …L19 sl.
– FOOL an unusually able person in any field of activity, as a dancing fool, etc.; an enthusiast, a fan …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– FREAK a devotee, an enthusiast …1895 US sl. 
– FOAMER a (possibly obsessive) enthusiast …1940 sl.
– GLUTTON one who is inordinately fond of some specified object or pursuit; an enthusiast …a1704
– HIGH-FLIER an enthusiast …Bk1988 Aust. sl. 
– JOCK an enthusiast for or a participant in any specified activity, as a computer ‘jock’ …M20 N. Amer. colloq.
– NUT someone who favours or enjoys something; an enthusiast …1934 sl., orig. US
– RAPTURIST †* an enthusiast …1663
– RAT a person, esp. an enthusiast …20C sl.
– SPARK PLUG an energetic, enthusiastic person, one who is the driving force behind any activity or undertaking; a facilitator; one who brings great energy and enthusiasm to every situation …1927 US colloq.
– SUCKER an enthusiast; one who is particularly susceptible to the stated thing; followed by ‘for’ …1957 sl., orig. Amer.
– ZELANT †* a zealot or enthusiast …1625
enthusiast, enthusiastic – verbs
– BE BIG ON to enjoy very much; to be enthusiastic about …1867 Amer. sl.
– BOG IN to begin a task with enthusiasm …Aust. sl.
– CHILL to become discouraged; to lose enthusiasm …20C Amer. sl.
– DROOL OVER to express or feel inordinate sentimentality or enthusiasm …M20
– FALL OVER ONESELF to go out of one’s way to do something; to be eager or enthusiastic …1904 sl., orig. US
– FIRE UP to motivate; to make enthusiastic …Bk2006 US sl.
– FLIP ONE’S LID to be or become wildly excited or enthusiastic; to go wild; to lose one’s head; to become excessively angry …1950 sl., orig. US
– FLIP ONE’S WIG to be or become wildly excited or enthusiastic; to go wild; to lose one’s head; to become excessively angry …1952 sl., orig. US
– GIVE IT LALDY to do something enthusiastically or vigorously …1985 Sc. sl.
– GO APE to become excited, violent, sexually aggressive, etc.; to display strong enthusiasm or appreciation; also, to malfunction …1955 sl., orig. US
– GO FOR YOUR LIFE to partake enthusiastically, to go all out …1920 Aust. sl.
– GO OFF ONE’S FACE to be extremely enthusiastic; to collapse with laughter …1960s sl.
– GOOI A SPASM to react with joy or enthusiasm …1980s S. Afr. sl.
– MAFFICK to give way to a frenzy of enthusiasm; to celebrate a victory with a delirious uproar …1900
– RUSH IT * to do something eagerly or enthusiastically …1859 US colloq.
– TEAR IN to throw oneself enthusiastically into a task …20C sl.
– TEAR INTO to throw oneself enthusiastically into a task …20C sl.
– TREE-TOP to attack any project with unusual vigour or enthusiasm …1953 Amer. dial.
– TURN ONE’S DAMPER DOWN to cool one’s ardour or enthusiasm …1924 US sl.
– WIG OUT to make or become wildly excited or enthusiastic; to lose control of one’s emotions; to be or get angry …1955 sl.
enthusiast, enthusiastic – phrases
– HAVE THEM BLEEDING IN THE AISLES suggests a wildly enthusiastic reaction, esp. uncontrollable laughter, on the part of an audience …1927
– HAVE THEM ROLLING IN THE AISLES suggests a wildly enthusiastic reaction, esp. uncontrollable laughter, on the part of an audience …1922
– LAY THEM IN THE AISLES to get a wildly enthusiastic reaction, esp. uncontrollable laughter, on the part of an audience …1928
– WHOOPYDOO! an enthusiastic exclamation …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
ENTHUSIASTICALLY – adverbs
– HEART AND SOUL with all one’s energy and devotion; enthusiastically  …1798
– IN LIKE GRUB greatly or enthusiastically …1887 sl.
– LIKE A BANDIT enthusiastically, very, fast, very successfully …1970s US sl.
– LIKE A RAT UP A DRAINPIPE enthusiastically, very energetically; often with reference to sexual activity …1968
– LIKE A RAT UP A PUMP enthusiastically, very energetically; often with reference to sexual activity …1911
– LIKE A RAT UP A ROPE enthusiastically, very energetically; often with reference to sexual activity …1959
– LIKE BILLYO energetically, with great gusto; vigorously or enthusiastically …1885 colloq.
– LIKE MAD furiously, with excessive violence or enthusiasm …1567
– ON A BUST enthusiastically, to a great extent …M19 US sl.
– TO THE SKIES to the highest possible degree, enthusiastically, extravagantly …1617
– TO THE SKY to the highest possible degree, enthusiastically, extravagantly …1670