| Main Entry: | jubilation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration |
Synonyms: |
exultation, festivity, gladness, happiness, joy, merriment, triumph |
| Main Entry: | acclamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiastic expression of approval |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, adulation, applause, approbation, big hand, cheer, cheering, cheers, hand, honor, jubilation, laudation, ovation, plaudits, salutation, standing O, tribute |
| Notes: | acclimation is the process of becoming accustomed to a situation while acclamation is a loud public expression of enthusiastic approval |
Antonyms: |
disapproval |
| Main Entry: | celebration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commemoration of occasion, achievement |
Synonyms: |
anniversary, bash*, birthday, blast*, blowout, carousal, ceremony, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, frolic, gaiety, gala, glorification, hilarity, honoring, hoopla, hullabaloo*, jollification, joviality, jubilation, jubilee, keeping, magnification, memorialization, merriment, merrymaking, observance, party, performance, recognition, remembrance, revelry, saturnalia, solemnization, spree, triumph, wingding |
| Main Entry: | elation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
Synonyms: |
bliss, buoyancy, buzz, charge, cloud nine, delight, ecstasy, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, excitement, exhilaration, exultation, glee, high, high spirits, intoxication, jollies, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, kick*, kicks, rapture, stars in one's eyes, transport, triumph, up*, upper |
Antonyms: |
depression, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | euphoria |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
Synonyms: |
bliss, dreamland, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, exultation, frenzy, glee, health, high spirits, intoxication, joy, joyousness, jubilation, madness, rapture, relaxation, transport |
Antonyms: |
depression, despair, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | exaltation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great joy |
Synonyms: |
animation, bliss, delectation, delight, ecstasy, elation, elevation, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, exultation, inspiration, intoxication, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, stimulation, transport, uplift |
Antonyms: |
depression, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | exultation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, reveling |
Synonyms: |
crowing, delight, elation, glee, gloating, glory, happiness, high spirits, joy, joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, merriment, rejoicing, satisfaction, transport, triumph |
Antonyms: |
discouragement |
| Main Entry: | felicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness |
Synonyms: |
bliss, cheerfulness, contentment, delight, ecstasy, elation, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, glee, good spirits, joviality, joy, jubilation, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rapture, well-being |
| Main Entry: | happiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high spirits, satisfaction |
Synonyms: |
beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, content, contentment, delectation, delight, delirium, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, good humor, good spirits, hilarity, hopefulness, joviality, joy, jubilation, laughter, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, optimism, paradise, peace of mind, playfulness, pleasure, prosperity, rejoicing, sanctity, seventh heaven, vivacity, well-being |
Antonyms: |
depression, gloom, misery, pain, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | rapture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness and delight in something |
Synonyms: |
at-oneness, beatitude, bliss, buoyancy, cheer, cloud nine, communion, contentment, cool*, delectation, ecstasy, elation, elysium, enchantment, enjoyment, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glory, good spirits, gratification, heaven, inspiration, joy, jubilation, nirvana, paradise, passion, pleasure, ravishment, rhapsody, satisfaction, seventh heaven, spell, transport, well-being |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate, hatred |