[n] general activity and motion [n] animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
animation, life, spirit, sprightliness
activity, adaptability, alacrity, animal spirits, animate existence, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, ardency, ardor, avidity, avidness, being alive, birth, bite, bounce, bounciness, breathless impatience, breeziness, brio, briskness, bubbliness