excitement

considerable, fierce, great, high, intense, tremendous

breathless, febrile, feverish, heady, wild

genuine, real, sheer

initial

sudden

growing, heightened, mounting

added, further

suppressed

nervous, restless

guilty

pleasurable

strange

vicarious

Watching my friend compete in the race gave me a strong sense of vicarious excitement.

youthful

intellectual, physical, political, sexual

flicker, flurry, flush, frisson, ripple, surge

A frisson of excitement ran through the crowd as the fireworks began to explode overhead.

be bubbling with, be filled with, be flushed with, be sick with, be trembling/tingling with, feel

The children felt bubbling with excitement as they waited for the concert to begin.

cause, generate

The announcement of the concert generated excitement throughout the school.

conceal, control, hide, suppress

She tried to hide her excitement when she found out about the surprise party.

add

The surprise guest at the party added excitement to what had been a boring evening.

build up, grow, mount, rise

As the concert date got closer, her excitement continued to grow.

die down, evaporate, wear off

in ~

The children jumped up and down in excitement when they saw the snow falling outside.

~ among

There was tremendous excitement among the fans when their team won the championship.

~ at

The children couldn't hide their excitement at opening the presents on Christmas morning.

~ of

She couldn't sleep the night before because of the excitement of starting her new job.

an air of excitement

The stadium had an air of excitement as the team ran onto the field.

a feeling/sense of excitement, a fever/state of excitement