perky

P3E1R1K5Y4
US/ˈpɝki/

adjective

Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.

“perky breasts”

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buoyantchirpycheerful
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Meanings

perky1

adjectiveperky (comparative perkier, superlative perkiest)

comparative perkier · superlative perkiest

  1. Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.

    She answered with a perky smile and bounced off.

  2. Standing upright; firm.

    perky breasts

    1 more example

    The plant looks much perkier since I watered it.

  3. obsoleteEarly-ripening.

perky2

nounperky (plural perkies)

plural perkies

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of percy (“Percocet pill”).

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecharacterized by liveliness and lightheartedness

Similar
buoyantchirpycheerful
Also see
activeanimatebubblybuoyantcheerfulchirpyhappypeppyperkish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From perk + -y.

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Translations

Afrikaans lewendig
  • lewendiglively
Bulgarian закачлив, игрив
  • закачлив, игрив (zakačliv, igriv)lively
Czech čiperný
  • čipernýlively
Dutch levendig, enthousiast
  • levendiglively
  • enthousiastlively
  • stevigstanding upright; firm
  • kaarsrechtstanding upright; firm
Estonian krapsakas, ülemeelik
  • krapsakaslively
  • ülemeeliklively
Finnish pirteä, pirtsakka
  • pirteälively
  • pirtsakkalively
  • virkeälively
  • terhakkalively
  • terhakkastanding upright; firm
  • pystystanding upright; firm
French gai, enthousiaste
  • gailively
  • enthousiastelively
  • viflively
  • fermestanding upright; firm
  • dresséstanding upright; firm
German enthusiastisch, munter
  • enthusiastischlively
  • munterlively
  • kecklively
  • lebendiglively
  • aufrechtstanding upright; firm
  • feststanding upright; firm
  • selbstbewusststanding upright; firm
Māori manahau, manamanahau
  • manahaulively
  • manamanahaulively
Norwegian Bokmål livlig, rank
  • livliglively
  • rankstanding upright; firm
  • strunkstanding upright; firm
Russian бо́йкий, торчащий
  • бо́йкий (bójkij)lively
  • торчащий (torčaščij)standing upright; firm
Spanish vivaz, animado
  • vivazlively
  • animadolively
  • alegrelively
  • respingónstanding upright; firm
  • turgentestanding upright; firm
  • paraditostanding upright; firm
  • firmestanding upright; firm
Swedish ärtig, käck
  • ärtiglively
  • käcklively
  • morsklively
  • piggstanding upright; firm
  • faststanding upright; firm

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with perky

quirkyjerkymurkyshirkysmirkyBurqueworkychurkeylerkyworkie
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Sounds the same

percy
Cite this entry
APA

perky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perky

MLA

“perky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perky. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perky,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perky.

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