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| Main Entry: | gaiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness, celebration |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, solemnity, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | joy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great happiness, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | alleviation, amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delectation, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, exulting, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor, gratification, hilarity, humor, indulgence, jewel, jubilance, liveliness, luxury, merriment, mirth, pride, pride and joy, prize, rapture, ravishment, refreshment, regalement, rejoicing, revelry, satisfaction, solace, sport, transport, treasure, treat, wonder |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness |
| Synonyms: | calm, composure, cool, coolness, equanimity, good humor, moderation, poise, self-control, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | upset, wrath |
| Main Entry: | gleefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gaiety |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor, grins, h, high spirits |
| Main Entry: | jocoseness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gaiety |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, gleefulness, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, joie de vivre, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merriness, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport*, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jocularity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gaiety |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, gleefulness, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocundity, joie de vivre, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merriness, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport*, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jocundity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gaiety |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, gleefulness, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, joie de vivre, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merriness, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport*, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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