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| Main Entry: | cheery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheerful |
| Synonyms: | bright, happy, lively, pleasant, sprightly |
| Main Entry: | blithe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | animated, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, gay, gleeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, chirpy, gladsome |
| Antonyms: | heavyhearted, morose, sad, sorrowful, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | carefree |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lighthearted, untroubled |
| Synonyms: | airy, blithe, breezy, buoyant, calm, careless, cheerful, cheery, cool, easy, happy, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, jaunty, jovial, radiant, secure, sunny, at ease, easy-going, feelgood, laid back, unanxious, unbothered |
| Notes: | carefree means free of trouble and worry and care while careless means marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful |
| Antonyms: | anxious, heavyhearted, troubled, worried |
| Main Entry: | cheerful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | airy, animated, blithe, bright, buoyant, cheery, chipper, contented, effervescent, enthusiastic, gay, glad, good-humored, good-natured, hearty, high, hilarious, hopeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, joyful, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, peppy, perky, pleasant, roseate, rosy, sanguine, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, sunny, up*, upbeat, vivacious, winsome, zippy, bouncy, bucked, chirpy, enlivening, full of pep, gladsome, in good spirits, in high spirits, sunny side up, zappy, zingy |
| Antonyms: | cheerless, depressed, gloomy, grave, heavy, melancholy, sad, serious, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delightful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasant, charming |
| Synonyms: | adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, attractive, beautiful, cheery, clever, congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fair, fascinating, gratifying, heavenly, ineffable, lovely, luscious, lush, pleasing, pleasurable, rapturous, ravishing, refreshing, satisfying, scrumptious, thrilling, yummy*, captivating |
| Antonyms: | bad, disappointing, horrible, unhappy, unpleasant, unamusing, unenjoyable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | festive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decorated, celebratory |
| Synonyms: | blithe, carnival, cheery, chipper*, convivial, gala, gay, gleeful, happy, hearty, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, jumping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, peppy*, perky, snappy*, swinging, upbeat, zippy*, bouncy, carnivalesque, chirpy, festal, go-go, grooving, juiced up, rocking |
| Antonyms: | depressed, gloomy, somber, undecorated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely nice and happy |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, blithe, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chipper*, congenial, convivial, cordial, easygoing, favorable, friendly, gentle, glad, good-natured, gracious, hearty, high, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, kind, kindly, merry, neighborly, perky, pleasant, sociable, sunny*, up*, upbeat, upper*, warm, chirpy, enlivening, sunny side up, warm-hearted |
| Antonyms: | aloof, cold, cool, cranky, irritable, moody, unfriendly, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy, delightful |
| Synonyms: | animated, beaming, beautiful, blithesome, bright, can't complain, cheerful, cheering, cheery, contented, exhilarated, felicitous, floating on air, gay, genial, gleeful, gratified, gratifying, hilarious, jocund, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, pleasant, pleased, pleased as punch, pleasing, radiant, rejoicing, sparkling, tickled, tickled pink*, tickled to death, up, willing |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good-humored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, happy |
| Synonyms: | affable, amiable, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, complaisant, congenial, easy, genial, good-natured, lenient, merry, mild, obliging, pleasant, good-tempered, smiling |
| Antonyms: | morose, sad, unhappy, ill-humored, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | jovial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | affable, airy, amiable, animated, blithe, buoyant, cheery, chipper, companionable, convivial, cordial, daffy*, delightful, dizzy*, enjoyable, facetious, festive, gay, glad, gleeful, good-natured, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocund, jolly, jubilant, lighthearted, loony, merry, mirthful, nutty*, pleasant, sociable, bantering, blithesome, bouncy, chaffing, chirpy, conversable, festal, jokey, jollying, joshing, larking, lots of laughs, off-the-wall |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joyful/joyous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | cheerful, cheery, delighted, ecstatic, effervescent, elated, enjoyable, expansive, festive, flying*, gay, glad, high*, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, overjoyed, pleased, pleasurable, rapturous, satisfied, sunny*, transported, upbeat, blithesome, enraptured, gladsome, gratified, heartening, high as a kite, popping, sunny-side up |
| Antonyms: | sad, sorrowful, unhappy, woeful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mirthful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | merry |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, carefree, cheerful, cheery, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lively, perky, playful, sunny, vivacious, blithesome, fun-loving, larking |
| Main Entry: | perky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | animated, happy |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, aware, bright, brisk, bubbly, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, jaunty, lively, spirited, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, bouncy, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, in fine fettle |
| Antonyms: | depressed, gloomy |
| Main Entry: | sprightly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fun, vivacious |
| Synonyms: | active, agile, airy, alert, animate, animated, blithe, breezy, bright, brisk, cheerful, cheery, chipper, clever, dapper, dashing, energetic, frolicsome, gay, good, jaunty, jolly, joyous, jumping, keen, light, lively, nimble, peppy, perky, playful, quick, quick-witted, saucy, scintillating, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, spry, swinging, zippy*, bouncy, chirpy, fairylike, grooving, hyper, keen-witted, zappy, zingy |
| Antonyms: | dull, inactive, lazy, lethargic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upbeat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheerful |
| Synonyms: | buoyant, cheery, encouraging, favorable, fond, happy, hopeful, optimistic, positive, promising, rosy, sanguine, heartening |
| Antonyms: | depressed, down, sad |
| Main Entry: | joyful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | cheerful, cheery, delighted, ecstatic, effervescent, elated, enjoyable, expansive, festive, flying, gay, glad, high, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, overjoyed, pleased, pleasurable, rapturous, satisfied, sunny, transported, upbeat, blithesome, doing handsprings, enraptured, flipping, gladsome, gratified, heartening, popping |
| Antonyms: | miserable, sad |
| Main Entry: | gay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | alert, animate, animated, blithe, brash, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper*, confident, convivial, devil-may-care*, festive, forward, frivolous, frolicsome, glad, gleeful, hilarious, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, presuming, pushy, rollicking, self-assertive, sparkling, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, wild, zippy*, blithesome, bouncy, chirpy, fun-loving, gamesome, pleasure-seeking |
| Antonyms: | depressed, discouraged, sad, unhappy, upset, worried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hearty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | affable, animated, ardent, avid, cheerful, cheery, cordial, deep, deepest, devout, eager, earnest, ebullient, effusive, exuberant, frank, friendly, gay, generous, genial, genuine, glad, gushing, heartfelt, honest, impassioned, intense, jolly, jovial, neighborly, passionate, profuse, real, responsive, sincere, true, unfeigned, unreserved, unrestrained, vivacious, warm, warmhearted, wholehearted, zealous, back-slapping, deep-felt |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, emotionless, lazy, lethargic, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | radiant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy in appearance |
| Synonyms: | beaming, beatific, blissful, bright, cheerful, cheery, delighted, ecstatic, gay, glad, glowing, joyful, joyous, rapturous |
| Antonyms: | sad |
| Main Entry: | sunny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | beaming, blithe, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, genial, joyful, lighthearted, optimistic, pleasant, chirpy, lightsome, smiling, sunbeamy |
| Antonyms: | gloomy, sorrowful, sullen, unhappy, upset |
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