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| Main Entry: | |
| 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
| Main Entry: | merriment/merrymaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enjoyment, amusement |
| Synonyms: | brawl, buffoonery, cheerfulness, conviviality, festivity, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, glee, happiness, hilarity, hoopla*, indulgence, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, laughs, laughter, levity, liveliness, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mirth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great joy |
| Synonyms: | amusement, cheer, cheerfulness, convulsions, entertainment, festivity, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, hysteria, hysterics, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joyousness, kicks, laughs, laughter, levity, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, pleasure, rejoicing, revelry, sport, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | blues, depression, distress, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | jollity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement |
| Synonyms: | cheer, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, hilarity, jocundity, joviality, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, revel, revelry, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | gloom |
| Main Entry: | cheerfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness |
| Synonyms: | animation, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, comfort, delight, encouragement, exuberance, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, hilarity, hopefulness, jauntiness, jocundity, joy, joyousness, light-heartedness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, optimism, solace |
| Antonyms: | cheerlessness, gloom, sadness |
| Main Entry: | merriment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement |
| Synonyms: | brawl, buffoonery, cheerfulness, conviviality, enjoyment, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, grins, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, indulgence, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, laughs, laughter, levity, liveliness, merrymaking, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, tomfoolery, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | gloom, misery |
| Main Entry: | blitheness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gaiety |
| Synonyms: | blithesomeness, carefreeness, cheerfulness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyfulness, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, sprightliness |
| Main Entry: | blithesomeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gaiety |
| Synonyms: | blitheness, carefreeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyfulness, lightheartedness, lightsomeness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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