| cheerful | | |
| adj. | 1. cheerful | 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" |
| ~ beaming, glad | cheerful and bright.; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning" |
| ~ beamish, smiling, twinkly | smiling with happiness or optimism.; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus" |
| ~ blithesome, light-hearted, lighthearted, blithe, lightsome | carefree and happy and lighthearted.; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart" |
| ~ perky, buoyant, chirpy | characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness.; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s" |
| ~ cheery, gay, sunny | bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer.; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" |
| ~ chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty | having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist" |
| ~ happy | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| ~ glad | 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" |
| adj. | 2. cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat | pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic. |
| ~ optimistic | expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds.; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view" |
| hilarious | | |
| adj. | 1. hilarious, screaming, uproarious | marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter.; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories" |
| ~ humorous, humourous | full of or characterized by humor.; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" |
| jolly | | |
| n. (event) | 1. jolly | a happy party. |
| ~ party | an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment.; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day" |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. jolly, jolly boat | a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work. |
| ~ yawl | a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars). |
| v. (communication) | 3. banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid | be silly or tease one another.; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" |
| ~ bait, razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit, cod, tease, rag, rally, ride | harass with persistent criticism or carping.; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" |
| adj. | 4. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful | 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" |
| ~ joyous | full of or characterized by joy.; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter" |
| adv. | 5. fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat | 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" |
| jovial | | |
| joyful | | |
| adj. | 1. joyful | full of or producing joy.; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion" |
| ~ happy | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| ~ beatific | experiencing or bestowing celestial joy.; "beatific peace" |
| ~ overjoyed | extremely joyful. |
| ~ joyous | full of or characterized by joy.; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter" |
| adj. | 2. elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant | full of high-spirited delight.; "a joyful heart" |
| ~ joyous | full of or characterized by joy.; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter" |
| jubilant | | |
| adj. | 1. exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant | joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" |
| ~ elated | exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits.; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited" |
| merry | | |
| adj. | 1. festal, festive, gay, merry | offering fun and gaiety.; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" |
| ~ joyous | full of or characterized by joy.; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter" |
| adj. | 2. alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy | 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" |
| ~ energetic | possessing or exerting or displaying energy.; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction" |
| rejoice | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. joy, rejoice | feel happiness or joy. |
| ~ chirk up, cheer up, cheer | become cheerful. |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| ~ gladden | become glad or happy. |
| ~ be on cloud nine, exult, jump for joy, walk on air | feel extreme happiness or elation. |
| v. (communication) | 2. exuberate, exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph | to express great joy.; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" |
| ~ glory | rejoice proudly. |
| ~ chirk up, cheer up, cheer | become cheerful. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. rejoice, triumph, wallow | be ecstatic with joy. |
| ~ be on cloud nine, exult, jump for joy, walk on air | feel extreme happiness or elation. |
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