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joyful - 20 thesaurus results
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: 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
Main Entry: blissful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: happy
Synonyms: beatific, cool*, crazy, delighted, dreamy, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, floating*, flying*, gone*, heavenly, joyful, joyous, mad*, on cloud nine*, rapturous, sent, enraptured, euphoric, in ecstasy, in seventh heaven, in the twilight zone, spaced-out, turned-on
Antonyms: miserable, sorrowful, unhappy, upset, wretched, grieving
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: 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
Main Entry: ecstatic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very happy, blissful
Synonyms: beatific, crazy, delirious, dreamy, elated, enthusiastic, fervent, floating, frenzied, gone*, high*, joyful, joyous, mad, on cloud nine*, out, overjoyed, rapturous, rhapsodic, sent, sunny, thrilled, tickled pink*, transported, upbeat, wild, athrill, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, flying high, in exaltation, in seventh heaven, pleased as punch, ravished, tickled to death, turned on
Antonyms: sorrowful, troubled, unhappy, despaired, tormented
Main Entry: elated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very happy
Synonyms: animated, blissful, delighted, ecstatic, elevated, enchanted, exalted, excited, exhilarated, exultant, flying*, gleeful, high, intoxicated, joyful, joyous, jubilant, on cloud nine*, overjoyed, proud, set up, transported, aroused, cheered, enraptured, euphoric, fired up, flying high, hopped up, in heaven, in high spirits, in seventh heaven, looking good, puffed up, roused, turned-on
Antonyms: depressed, down, sad, sorrowful, unhappy
Main Entry: exultant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very happy
Synonyms: delighted, ecstatic, elated, flushed, flying, gleeful, high, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, rejoicing, transported, triumphant, blown away, exulting, flipping, reveling, turned on, wowed
Antonyms: depressed, discouraged, sad, sorrowful, unhappy
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
Notes: a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion
Antonyms: depressed, gloomy, somber, undecorated
Main Entry: gala
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: celebratory
Synonyms: bright, colorful, convivial, festive, gay, happy, jovial, joyful, merry, festal
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
Main Entry: hilarious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very funny
Synonyms: amusing, comical, convivial, entertaining, exhilarated, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laughable, lively, merry, mirthful, noisy, priceless, riot, rollicking, scream, uproarious, witty, gut-busting, side-splitting
Antonyms: grave, serious, somber, tragic, unfunny
Main Entry: lighthearted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: carefree, untroubled
Synonyms: blithe, bright, buoyant, cheerful, effervescent, expansive, frolicsome, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, happy-go-lucky*, high-spirited, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laid-back, lively, merry, playful, resilient, spirited, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vivacious, volatile, blithesome, feelgood, lightsome
Antonyms: depressed, troubled, upset, worried, heavy-hearted
Main Entry: merry
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very happy; festive
Synonyms: amusing, blithe, boisterous, boon, carefree, cheerful, comic, comical, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, facetious, frolicsome, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, hilarious, humorous, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, jumping, lighthearted, lively, mad, mirthful, perky, pleasant, riotous, rollicking, sportive, sunny, uproarious, vivacious, wild, winsome, zippy*, blithesome, fun-loving, grooving, larking, rip-roaring, rocking, saturnalian, unconstrained, zappy, zingy
Antonyms: grave, sad, serious, sorrowful, unhappy, upset
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: overjoyed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: extremely happy
Synonyms: charmed, delighted, elated, joyful, jubilant, on cloud nine*, rapturous, thrilled, tickled pink*, transported, deliriously happy, euphoric, happy as a clam, happy as a lark, only too happy, over the moon, ravished
Antonyms: disappointed, sad, sorrowful, upset
Main Entry: rollicking
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fun-loving, lively
Synonyms: antic, boisterous, carefree, cheerful, devil-may-care*, exuberant, frisky, frolicsome, glad, happy, hearty, jaunty, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry, playful, spirited, sportive, sprightly, cavorting, rip-roaring, romping
Antonyms: serious, solemn
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
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
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