Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alacrity
1 sense of alacrity
Sense 1
alacrity, briskness, smartness -- (liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him")
=> liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness -- (animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it")