| gay | | |
| gay, homo, homophile, homosexual | (n.) | someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex. |
| cheery, gay, sunny | (adj.) | bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer.; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" |
| gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful | (adj.) | full of or showing high-spirited merriment.; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" |
| gay | (adj.) | given to social pleasures often including dissipation.; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies" |
| brave, braw, gay | (adj.) | brightly colored and showy.; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage" |
| festal, festive, gay, merry | (adj.) | offering fun and gaiety.; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" |
| gay, homophile, queer | (adj.) | homosexual or arousing homosexual desires. |
| merry | | |
| alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy | (adj.) | quick and energetic.; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" |
| joyful | | |
| joyful | (adj.) | full of or producing joy.; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion" |
| elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant | (adj.) | full of high-spirited delight.; "a joyful heart" |
| jubilant | | |
| exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant | (adj.) | joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" |
| jolly | | |
| jolly | (n.) | a happy party. |
| jolly, jolly boat | (n.) | a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work. |
| banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid | (v.) | be silly or tease one another.; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" |
| fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat | (adv.) | to a moderately sufficient extent or degree.; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" |
| cheerful | | |
| cheerful | (adj.) | being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits.; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be" |
| cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat | (adj.) | pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic. |
| convivial | | |
| convivial, good-time | (adj.) | occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company.; "a convivial atmosphere at the reunion"; "a woman of convivial nature"; "he was a real good-time Charlie" |
| happy | | |
| happy | (adj.) | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| felicitous, happy | (adj.) | marked by good fortune.; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome" |
| glad, happy | (adj.) | eagerly disposed to act or to be of service.; "glad to help" |
| happy, well-chosen | (adj.) | well expressed and to the point.; "a happy turn of phrase"; "a few well-chosen words" |
| frolicsome | | |
| coltish, frolicky, frolicsome, rollicking, sportive | (adj.) | given to merry frolicking.; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" |
| glad | | |
| glad, gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily | (n.) | any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated. |
| glad | (adj.) | showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy.; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion" |
| glad | (adj.) | feeling happy appreciation.; "glad of the fire's warmth" |
| beaming, glad | (adj.) | cheerful and bright.; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning" |
| mirthful | | |
| amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible | (adj.) | arousing or provoking laughter.; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" |
| happy | | |
| rejoice | | |
| joy, rejoice | (v.) | feel happiness or joy. |
| exuberate, exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph | (v.) | to express great joy.; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" |
| rejoice, triumph, wallow | (v.) | be ecstatic with joy. |
