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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lighthearted, untroubled |
| Synonyms: | airy, at ease, blithe, breezy, buoyant, calm, careless, cheerful, cheery, cool, easy, easy-going, feelgood, happy, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, jaunty, jovial, laid back, radiant, secure, sunny, unanxious, unbothered |
| Notes: | carefree means free of trouble and worry and care while careless means marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful |
| Antonyms: | anxious, heavyhearted, troubled, worried |
| Main Entry: | breezy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy, lighthearted |
| Synonyms: | airy, animated, blithe, buoyant, carefree, casual, cheerful, debonair, easy-going, effervescent, free and easy, gay, informal, jaunty, light, lively, low-pressure, peppy, racy, relaxed, sparkling, spicy, spirited, sprightly, sunny, unconstrained, vivacious |
| Antonyms: | difficult |
| 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: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leisurely, relaxed |
| Synonyms: | at ease, calm, carefree, comfortable, comfy, commodious, composed, content, contented, cozy, cursive, cushy, easeful, effortless, flowing, fluent, forthright, gentle, in clover, languid, light, mild, moderate, peaceful, pleasant, prosperous, quiet, running, satisfied, secure, serene, slow, smooth, snug, soft, spontaneous, substantial, successful, temperate, thriving, tranquil, undemanding, undisturbed, unexacting, unhurried, untroubled, unworried, well-to-do |
| Antonyms: | difficult, exhausting, hard, oppressive, trying, uneasy, unleisurely, unrelaxed |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good-humored |
| Synonyms: | affable, amiable, at ease, carefree, casual, complaisant, diplomatic, familiar, friendly, gentle, good-natured, good-tempered, graceful, gracious, gregarious, informal, mild, natural, obliging, open, pleasant, polite, relaxed, secure, smooth, sociable, suave, tolerant, unaffected, unanxious, undemanding, unforced, unpretentious, urbane |
| Antonyms: | difficult, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | easygoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complacent, permissive |
| Synonyms: | amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devil-may-care, even-tempered, flexible, free and easy, hang-loose, happy-go-lucky, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, low-pressure, mild, moderate, nonchalant, offhand, outgiving, patient, placid, poised, relaxed, self-possessed, serene, tolerant, tranquil, unconcerned, uncritical, undemanding, unhurried, uninhibited |
| Antonyms: | agitated, critical, demanding, hurried, hyped, intolerant, nervous, strict, upset, worried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feckless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without purpose |
| Synonyms: | aimless, carefree, careless, feeble, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hopeless, incautious, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, irresponsible, meaningless, reckless, shiftless, uncareful, useless, weak, wild, worthless |
| Notes: | feckless means ineffective or having no real worth or purpose; reckless means marked by unthinking boldness or with defiant disregard for danger or consequences |
| Antonyms: | competent, effective, effectual, efficient, purposeful, responsible, strong, useful |
| 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: | happy-go-lucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blithely unconcerned |
| Synonyms: | blithe, carefree, carefree and untroubled, casual, cheerful, content, cool, devil-may-care, easy, easygoing, feckless, free and easy, free-minded, heedless, improvident, insouciant, irresponsible, lackadaisical*, lighthearted, living the life of Riley, nonchalant, reckless, unconcerned, untroubled, without care |
| Antonyms: | disconsolate, discontented, dissatisfied, distressed, troubled, upset, worried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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