Synonyms: joyous
Definition: full of or characterized by joy
Usage: felt a joyous abandon; joyous laughter
Similar words: ecstatic, rhapsodic, rapt, rapturous, enraptured
Definition: feeling great rapture or delight
Similar words: elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant
Definition: full of high-spirited delight
Usage: a joyful heart
Similar words: merry, festal, festive, gay
Definition: offering fun and gaiety
Usage: a festive (or festal) occasion; gay and exciting night life; a merry evening
Similar words: gay, merry, jolly, jovial, jocund, mirthful
Definition: full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Usage: when hearts were young and gay; a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company- Wordsworth; the jolly crowd at the reunion; jolly old Saint Nick; a jovial old gentleman; have a merry Christmas; peals of merry laughter; a mirthful laugh