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| Main Entry: | happy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in high spirits; satisfied |
| Synonyms: | blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, can't complain, captivated, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, flying high, gay, glad, gleeful, gratified, intoxicated, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughing, light, lively, looking good, merry, mirthful, on cloud nine*, overjoyed, peaceful, peppy, perky, playful, pleasant, pleased, sparkling, sunny, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink*, up, upbeat, walking on air |
| Antonyms: | depressed, discouraged, dissatisfied, miserable, morose, pained, sad, sorrowful, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | happy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lucky |
| Synonyms: | accidental, advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, befitting, casual, convenient, correct, effective, efficacious, enviable, favorable, felicitous, fitting, fortunate, incidental, just, meet, nice, opportune, promising, proper, propitious, right, satisfactory, seasonable, successful, suitable, timely, well-timed, providential |
| Antonyms: | forsaken, hopeless, troubled, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | animated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animate, ardent, brisk, buoyant, dynamic, ebullient, elated, energetic, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, gay, happy, passionate, peppy, quick, snappy, spirited, sprightly, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, vivid, zealous, zippy, activated, energized, vitalized, zestful, zingy |
| Main Entry: | auspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | encouraging; favorable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, bright, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, golden, halcyon, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely, well-timed |
| Notes: | auspicious implies success in the future while propitious means favorable conditions are present; auspicious means promising or of good omen - not just special or memorable |
| Antonyms: | inauspicious, inopportune, ominous, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | befitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
| Synonyms: | according to Hoyle*, apt, becoming, conforming, correct, decent, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, just, kosher*, nice, on the nose*, proper, right, seemly, suitable, behooving, beseeming, comme il faut, on the button, right on, what the doctor ordered |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unbecoming, unsuitable, unfitting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | anxious, heavyhearted, troubled, worried |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accidental, unforeseeable |
| Synonyms: | adventitious, casual, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, inadvertent, incidental, lucky, odd, offhand, unforeseen, unintentional, unplanned, at random, unlooked for |
| Antonyms: | planned, understood, designed, foreseeable |
| Main Entry: | complacent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contented |
| Synonyms: | conceited, confident, egotistic, happy, obsequious, pleased, satisfied, self-assured, self-possessed, self-righteous, self-satisfied, serene, smug, unconcerned, easy-going, egoistic, gratified, self-contented, self-pleased |
| Antonyms: | concerned, discontent, discontented, dissatisfied |
| Main Entry: | congenial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, compatible |
| Synonyms: | adapted, affable, agreeable, companionable, compatible, complaisant, congruous, consistent, consonant, convivial, cooperative, cordial, delightful, favorable, fit, genial, good-humored, gracious, happy, harmonious, jovial, kindly, kindred, like-minded, mellow, pleasant, pleasing, sociable, social, suitable, sympathetic, amical, clubby, conversable, regular fellow, right neighborly, well-suited |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, ill-suited, incompatible, uncongenial, unfriendly, unsympathetic |
| Main Entry: | convivial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fun-loving |
| Synonyms: | cheerful, companionable, entertaining, festive, friendly, gay, genial, happy, hearty, hilarious, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, merry, mirthful, pleasant, sociable, vivacious, back-slapping, clubby, conversible, festal, glad-handering |
| Antonyms: | blah, dull, serious, solemn, staid |
| Main Entry: | cordial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, sociable |
| Synonyms: | affable, affectionate, agreeable, amicable, cheerful, companionable, congenial, convivial, cozy, earnest, genial, glowing, gracious, happy, heartfelt, hearty, invigorating, jovial, mellow, neighborly, palsy-walsy*, polite, responsive, sincere, social, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted, wholehearted, buddy-buddy*, clubby, heart-to-heart, red-carpet, welcoming |
| Antonyms: | aloof, cool, disagreeable, hostile, indifferent, inhospitable, unfriendly, unpleasant, unsociable, uncordial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debonair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming, elegant |
| Synonyms: | affable, buoyant, casual, cheerful, courteous, dashing, detached, happy, jaunty, lighthearted, nonchalant, pleasant, refined, smooth, sprightly, suave, urbane, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, inelegant, uncharming, undebonair |
| Main Entry: | felicitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
| Synonyms: | applicable, apposite, apropos, apt, convincing, fit, fitting, germane, happy, inspired, just, meet, neat, opportune, pat, pertinent, proper, propitious, relevant, seasonable, telling, timely, well-timed, well-chosen |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, inopportune, unsuitable, untimely, infelicitous, unfitting |
| 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: | fitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
| Synonyms: | applicable, apt, becoming, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, desirable, due, felicitous, happy, just, just what was ordered, meet, on the button, on the nose*, proper, right, right on, seemly, that's the ticket |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fortuitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lucky, accidental |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, casual, chance, contingent, fluke*, fluky*, fortunate, haphazard, happy, incidental, odd, random, unforeseen, unplanned, luck in, luck out, lucky-dog, providential, serendipitous |
| Antonyms: | calculated, deliberate, intentional, planned, unlucky, designed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having good luck |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blessed, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, fortuitous, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, lucky, on a roll*, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do, born with a silver spoon, gaining, get a break, in luck, in the gravy, overcoming, providential, sunny side |
| Antonyms: | adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frolicsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful |
| Synonyms: | antic, frisky, fun, gay, gleeful, happy, impish, jocular, jovial, kittenish, lively, merry, mischievous, roguish, rollicking, sportive, sprightly, coltish, gamesome |
| Antonyms: | serious, staid, stiff |
| Main Entry: | gala |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | celebratory |
| Synonyms: | bright, colorful, convivial, festive, gay, happy, jovial, joyful, merry, festal |
| Main Entry: | halcyon |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, peaceful |
| Synonyms: | balmy, bucolic, gentle, golden, happy, harmonious, pastoral, quiet, serene, soothing, still, sunny, tranquil, untroubled, at peace, palmy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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