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blithesome
[blahyth-suhm, blahyth-] 
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blithesome
[blahyth-suhm, blahyth-]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gay |
| Synonyms: | blithe, carefree, cheerful, cheery, convivial, gladsome, gleeful, happy, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lightsome, merry, mirthful, sunny |
| 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: | gleeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
| Synonyms: | blithe, blithesome, boon, cheerful, delighted, elated, exalted, exuberant, exultant, frolicsome, gay, gratified, hilarious, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, pleased, triumphant |
| Antonyms: | discouraged, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | jolly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laughing, joyful |
| Synonyms: | blithe, blithesome, bouncy, carefree, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, convivial, daffy, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, jocund, jokey, joshing, jovial, joyous, jubilant, larking, lighthearted, lots of laughs, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasant, sportive, sprightly, zippy |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | jovial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | affable, airy, amiable, animated, bantering, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, buoyant, chaffing, cheery, chipper, chirpy, companionable, conversable, convivial, cordial, daffy, delightful, dizzy*, enjoyable, facetious, festal, festive, gay, glad, gleeful, good-natured, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocund, jokey, jolly, jollying, joshing, jubilant, larking, lighthearted, loony, lots of laughs, merry, mirthful, nutty, off-the-wall, pleasant, sociable |
| Notes: | jovial refers to a mood or disposition, jocular to a conduct or manner |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joyful/joyous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | blithesome, cheerful, cheery, delighted, ecstatic, effervescent, elated, enjoyable, enraptured, expansive, festive, flying*, gay, glad, gladsome, gratified, heartening, high as a kite, high*, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, overjoyed, pleased, pleasurable, popping, rapturous, satisfied, sunny*, sunny-side up, transported, upbeat |
| Antonyms: | sad, sorrowful, unhappy, woeful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lighthearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carefree, untroubled |
| Synonyms: | blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, effervescent, expansive, feelgood, frolicsome, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, happy-go-lucky, high-spirited, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laid-back, lightsome, lively, merry, playful, resilient, spirited, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vivacious, volatile |
| Antonyms: | depressed, heavy-hearted, troubled, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | lively |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, active, busy |
| Synonyms: | agile, alert, animate, animated, astir, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, bright, brisk, buoyant, bustling, buzzing, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, complex, dashing, driving, effervescent, enjoyable, enterprising, entertaining, festive, frisky, frolicsome, full of pep, gay, go-go, happy, hyper, industrious, involved, jocund, jumping, keen, merry, nimble, peppy*, perky, pert, provocative, quick, refreshing, rousing, snappy, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, spry, stimulating, stirring, vigorous, vivacious, zippy |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, dispirited, inactive, lethargic, lifeless, sleepy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | merry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy; festive |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, blithesome, boisterous, boon, carefree, cheerful, comic, comical, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, facetious, frolicsome, fun-loving, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, grooving, hilarious, humorous, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, jumping, larking, lighthearted, lively, mad, mirthful, perky, pleasant, riotous, rip-roaring, rocking, rollicking, saturnalian, sportive, sunny, unconstrained, uproarious, vivacious, wild, winsome, zappy, zingy, zippy |
| Antonyms: | grave, sad, serious, sorrowful, unhappy, upset |
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