Preposition: of

• participant: The most exciting thing our team got out of this work was the energy and enthusiasm of the participants.

• volunteer: It's thanks to the enthusiasm of the volunteers that the Dean Forest Railroad exists.

Converse of subject

• impress: We have been impressed by the enthusiasm with which some lawyers have greeted the prospect of being able to exercise such rights.

• delight: We have been delighted by the enthusiasm of both staff and pupils and the obvious improvement in ability and confidence demonstrated by all pupils involved.

• inspire: Above all, he led an exciting and innovative department, where we were inspired by the enthusiasm and passion of the staff.

Converse of object

• dampen: However, with the side refusing to let ill-fortune dampen enthusiasm, things improved in the fourth match against Eastwood Park.

• muster: You may suffer from long bouts of being tired, exhausted or unable to muster much enthusiasm for life like you usually do.

• arouse: His emblematic cartoons have never failed to arouse enthusiasm and patriotism.

• engender: Music is now a major strength of the school, in terms of the enthusiasm engendered in a wide cross section of pupils.

• generate: The new group, consisting of around 500 patients, has generated much enthusiasm.

• inject: I have often heard them try to inject a little enthusiasm into the congregation: " Hello, is there anybody there?

Preposition: for

• subject: The importance of the teacher and their enthusiasm for the subject should not be underestimated.

• sport: My strongest points are my impartiality and my enthusiasm for all sports.

• science: Jennie Luebke was inspired while working summer jobs in laboratories, by ' several mentors who appreciated my great enthusiasm for science ' .

Adjective modifier

• boundless: Their common bond is their boundless enthusiasm for the films we love.

• infectious: He contributes infectious enthusiasm to all forms of teaching using a wide range of media.

• renewed: I have gained many useful insights and new ideas for my own work, and renewed enthusiasm for a career in science.

• youthful: Of course youthful enthusiasm is not rewarded in this way.

• unbridled: Often acknowledged as a perfect English gentleman, Peter Morgan was full of unbridled enthusiasm for life and for the cars his family builds.

• unbounded: This whole album positively fizzes and bubbles with life, truth and unbounded enthusiasm - all delivered in manageable soundbites.