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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheerful |
| Synonyms: | alert, animated, gay, genial, glad, happy, jolly, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, sanguine, spirited, sprightly, vivacious |
| Antonyms: | depressed, depressing, doleful, dreary, gloomy, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | buoyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light in spirit |
| Synonyms: | animated, blithe, bouncy, breezy, bright, carefree, cheerful, debonair, effervescent, elastic, expansive, full of zip, gay, happy, invigorated, jaunty, jovial, joyful, laid back, lighthearted, lively, peppy, resilient, sunny, supple, vivacious |
| Antonyms: | depressed, down, heavy, heavy-hearted |
| Main Entry: | cheerful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | airy, animated, blithe, bouncy, bright, bucked, buoyant, cheery, chipper, chirpy, contented, effervescent, enlivening, enthusiastic, full of pep, gay, glad, gladsome, good-humored, good-natured, hearty, high, hilarious, hopeful, in good spirits, in high spirits, jaunty, jocund, jolly, joyful, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, peppy, perky, pleasant, roseate, rosy, sanguine, snappy, sparkling, sprightly, sunny, sunny side up, up*, upbeat, vivacious, winsome, zappy, zingy, zippy |
| Antonyms: | cheerless, depressed, gloomy, grave, heavy, melancholy, sad, serious, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debonair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming, elegant |
| Synonyms: | affable, buoyant, casual, cheerful, courteous, dashing, detached, happy, jaunty, lighthearted, nonchalant, pleasant, refined, smooth, sprightly, suave, urbane, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, inelegant, uncharming, undebonair |
| Main Entry: | festive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decorated, celebratory |
| Synonyms: | blithe, bouncy, carnival, carnivalesque, cheery, chipper, chirpy, convivial, festal, gala, gay, gleeful, go-go, grooving, happy, hearty, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, juiced up, jumping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, peppy*, perky, rocking, snappy, swinging, upbeat, zippy |
| Notes: | a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion |
| Antonyms: | depressed, gloomy, somber, undecorated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | alert, animate, animated, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, brash, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper, chirpy, confident, convivial, devil-may-care, festive, forward, frivolous, frolicsome, fun-loving, gamesome, glad, gleeful, hilarious, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasure-seeking, presuming, pushy, rollicking, self-assertive, sparkling, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, wild, zippy |
| Antonyms: | depressed, discouraged, sad, unhappy, upset, worried |
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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