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cheerful
Filling with cheer; bright and attractive
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  1. Filling with cheer; bright and attractive
  2. Noticeably happy and optimistic.
  3. Being in or characterized by good spirits; merry.
mirthful
Filled with mirth.
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  1. Filled with mirth.
  2. Full of, expressing, or causing mirth; merry
  3. Characterized by or expressing gladness and merriment:
joyful
Feeling, expressing, or causing joy; glad; happy
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  1. Feeling, expressing, or causing joy; glad; happy
glad
Very willing
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  1. Very willing
  2. Causing pleasure or joy; making happy
  3. Feeling or characterized by pleasure or joy; happy; pleased
gay
Given to social pleasures, especially at the expense of serious pursuits:
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  1. Given to social pleasures, especially at the expense of serious pursuits:
  2. (Slang) Odd, inept, pathetic, etc.
  3. Bright or lively, especially in color:
joyous
Feeling, showing, or causing joy; joyful.
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  1. Feeling, showing, or causing joy; joyful.
  2. Full of joy; happy; glad
merry
Conducive to fun and laughter; festive
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  1. Conducive to fun and laughter; festive
  2. Full of fun and laughter; lively and cheerful
  3. Marked by or offering fun, good feelings, and liveliness; festive:
gleeful
Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
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  1. Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.
  2. Full of jubilant delight; joyful.
cheery
Cheerful; lively; bright
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  1. Cheerful; lively; bright
  2. In a good mood, happy, cheerful
delighted
Filled with delight.
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  1. Filled with delight.
  2. Filled with wonder and delight.
  3. Highly pleased; happy
satisfied
In a state of satisfaction.
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  1. In a state of satisfaction.
  2. Full of or showing satisfaction:
rapturous
Filled with or characterized by great joy or rapture; ecstatic.
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  1. Filled with or characterized by great joy or rapture; ecstatic.
  2. The state or condition of being full of rapture
laughing
Uttered with laughter
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  1. Uttered with laughter
  2. That laughs or makes a sound like laughter
blithe
Carefree and lighthearted.
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  1. Carefree and lighthearted.
  2. Showing a cheerful, carefree disposition; lighthearted
  3. Lacking or showing a lack of due concern; casual:
contented
Satisfied
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  1. Satisfied
  2. Having or showing no desire for something more or different; satisfied
  3. Satisfied with things as they are; content:
genial
(Archaic) Relating to or marked by genius.
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  1. (Archaic) Relating to or marked by genius.
  2. Having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner:
  3. Promoting life and growth; pleasantly warm, mild, and healthful
convivial
Having to do with a feast or festive activity
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  1. Having to do with a feast or festive activity
  2. Characterized by merry celebrating; festive:
  3. Fond of eating, drinking, and good company; sociable; jovial
congenial
Suited to one's needs or nature; agreeable:
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  1. Suited to one's needs or nature; agreeable:
  2. Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests
  3. Suited to one's needs or disposition; agreeable
jolly
Greatly pleasing; enjoyable:
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  1. Greatly pleasing; enjoyable:
  2. Exhibiting or occasioning happiness or mirth; cheerful:
  3. Full of high spirits and good humor; merry
blissful
Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
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  1. Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
relieved
Experiencing or exhibiting relief.
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  1. Experiencing or exhibiting relief.
hilarious
(Old-fashioned) Noisily merry; boisterous and joyous
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  1. (Old-fashioned) Noisily merry; boisterous and joyous
  2. Characterized by or causing great merriment.
  3. Producing much laughter; very funny
sparkling
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
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  1. Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
  2. Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
animated
Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
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  1. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
  2. Filled with activity, vigor, or spirit; lively:
  3. Made or depicted using animation:
lively
Full of spirit; exciting; animated
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  1. Full of spirit; exciting; animated
  2. Characterized by much activity or excitement:
  3. Full of energy or alertness; vigorous or animated:
rollicking
Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous:
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  1. Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous:
bright
Shining with light that is radiated or reflected; full of light
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  1. Shining with light that is radiated or reflected; full of light
  2. Clear or brilliant in color or sound; vivid or intense
  3. Full of promise and hope; auspicious:
buoyant
Lighthearted and lively
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  1. Lighthearted and lively
  2. Having or marked by buoyancy:
  3. Having buoyancy; able to float
vivacious
Full of life and animation
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  1. Full of life and animation
  2. Characterized by an attractive or pleasing liveliness of spirit
  3. Full of animation and spirit; lively:
sprightful
Sprightly; spirited; lively; animated
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  1. Sprightly; spirited; lively; animated
  2. Full of life; sprightly.
exuberant
Unrestrained or lavish, as in decoration; extravagant:
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  1. Unrestrained or lavish, as in decoration; extravagant:
  2. Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy:
  3. Characterized by good health and high spirits; full of life; uninhibited
glad
Very willing
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  1. Very willing
  2. Providing joy and pleasure:
  3. Feeling or characterized by pleasure or joy; happy; pleased
appropriate
Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
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  1. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
  2. Right for the purpose; suitable; fit; proper
apt
Quick to learn or understand:
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  1. Quick to learn or understand:
  2. Suited to its purpose; appropriate; fitting
  3. Exactly suitable; appropriate:
becoming
Suitable to the wearer
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  1. Suitable to the wearer
  2. Appropriate, suitable, or proper.
  3. That is suitable or appropriate; fit
befitting
Appropriate, becoming
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  1. Appropriate, becoming
  2. Appropriate; suitable; proper.
  3. Proper or right; suitable
felicitous
Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style:
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  1. Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style:
  2. Having the knack of appropriate and pleasing expression
  3. Used or expressed in a way suitable to the occasion; aptly chosen; appropriate; apt
unalloyed
Not alloyed; pure; specif., not mixed with other metals
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  1. Not alloyed; pure; specif., not mixed with other metals
  2. Complete; utter
  3. Complete and unreserved; pure; unadulterated; not restricted, modified, or qualified by reservations.
jovial
Jovian
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  1. Jovian
  2. Full of hearty, playful good humor; genial and cheerful
jocund
Cheerful; genial
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  1. Cheerful; genial
  2. Sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality.
delightful
Greatly pleasing.
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  1. Greatly pleasing.
  2. Giving delight; very pleasing; charming
  3. Pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure.
delirious
Relating to, suffering from, or characteristic of delirium.
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  1. Relating to, suffering from, or characteristic of delirium.
  2. Wildly excited
  3. Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; ecstatic:
cloudless
(Weather) Without any clouds.
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  1. (Weather) Without any clouds.
  2. Free from clouds; clear; bright
rhapsodic
Highly emotional; rapturous
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  1. Highly emotional; rapturous
  2. (By extension) confused, unconnected
  3. Of, characteristic of, or having the nature of, rhapsody; extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic
rapt
Deeply absorbed; engrossed:
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  1. Deeply absorbed; engrossed:
  2. Resulting from or showing rapture
  3. Carried away with joy, love, etc.; enraptured
enrapt
Enraptured; rapt
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  1. Enraptured; rapt
  2. (Poetic or archaic) fascinated, enraptured
  3. Filled with delight; enraptured.
gladsome
Joyful or cheerful
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  1. Joyful or cheerful
  2. Causing or showing gladness or joy:
  3. Happy, joyous, or light-hearted.
peaceful
Not involving violence or employing force:
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  1. Not involving violence or employing force:
  2. Of or characteristic of a time of peace
  3. Characterized by peace; free from disturbance or disorder; calm; quiet; tranquil
comfortable
Sufficient to provide financial security:
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  1. Sufficient to provide financial security:
  2. John Dryden
  3. Amply sufficient, satisfactory. [from 17th c.]
beatific
Showing or producing exalted joy or blessedness:
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  1. Showing or producing exalted joy or blessedness:
  2. Making blissful or blessed
intoxicated
Physically or mentally impaired by a chemical substance, especially alcohol:
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  1. Physically or mentally impaired by a chemical substance, especially alcohol:
debonair
Easy and carefree in manner; jaunty; sprightly
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  1. Easy and carefree in manner; jaunty; sprightly
  2. (Especially of men) Charming, confident and carefully dressed.
  3. (Archaic) Pleasant and friendly in a cheerful way; genial
light
Containing fewer calories than others of its kind
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  1. Containing fewer calories than others of its kind
  2. Requiring relatively little equipment and using relatively simple processes to produce consumer goods:
  3. Well leavened; soft and spongy
ecstatic
Subject to ecstasy
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  1. Subject to ecstasy
  2. Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
  3. Extremely happy.
charmed
(Physics) Having nonzero charm. Used of particles.
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  1. (Physics) Having nonzero charm. Used of particles.
  2. Lucky as if protected by a charm or spell:
bonny
Excellent.
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  1. Excellent.
  2. Handsome or pretty, with a healthy glow
  3. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty.
pleasant
Fair and comfortable:
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  1. Fair and comfortable:
  2. Giving or affording pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable:
  3. Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
exultant
Exulting; triumphant; jubilant
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  1. Exulting; triumphant; jubilant
  2. Marked by great joy or jubilation; triumphant.
hearty
Extremely warm and friendly; most genial or cordial
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  1. Extremely warm and friendly; most genial or cordial
  2. Enjoying or requiring much food:
  3. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager.
overjoyed
Feeling great joy
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  1. Feeling great joy
  2. Very happy
well
Suitable, proper, fit, right, etc.
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  1. Suitable, proper, fit, right, etc.
  2. In a good or satisfactory condition; favorable; comfortable
  3. A deep hole or shaft sunk into the Earth to tap a liquid or gaseous substance such as water, oil, gas, or brine. If the substance is not under sufficient pressure to flow freely from the well, it must be pumped or raised mechanically to the surface. Water or pressurized gas is sometimes pumped into a nonproducing oil well to push petroleum resources out of underground reservoirs.
lighthearted
Free from care; cheerful; carefree
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  1. Free from care; cheerful; carefree
  2. Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad.
  3. Enjoyable lack of seriousness, not grave.
lightsome
Free from worry or care; cheerful.
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  1. Free from worry or care; cheerful.
  2. Frivolous; silly.
  3. Covered with or full of light; bright.
radiant
Showing pleasure, love, well-being, vitality, etc.; beaming
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  1. Showing pleasure, love, well-being, vitality, etc.; beaming
  2. Filled with light shining especially as rays; brightly shining:
  3. Transmitting light, heat, or other radiation. Stars, for example, are radiant bodies.
sunny
(Figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) Cheerful.
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  1. (Figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) Cheerful.
  2. (Of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
  3. (Of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
smiling
That which smiles or has a smile.
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  1. That which smiles or has a smile.
content
Willing
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  1. Willing
  2. (Archaic) Pleased
  3. Happy enough with what one has or is; not desiring something more or different; satisfied
spirited
Having a (specified) character, mood, or disposition
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  1. Having a (specified) character, mood, or disposition
  2. Full of spirit; lively; energetic; animated
  3. Having a specified mood or nature. Used in combination:
good-humored
Alternative spelling of good-humored.
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  1. Alternative spelling of good-humored.
  2. Happy, cheerful, amiable
  3. Having or showing good humor; cheerful and agreeable
elated
Exultantly proud and joyful.
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  1. Exultantly proud and joyful.
frisky
Inclined to frisk about
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  1. Inclined to frisk about
  2. Lively; playful; frolicsome
  3. Energetic, lively, and playful:
frolicsome
Full of gaiety or high spirits; playful; merry
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  1. Full of gaiety or high spirits; playful; merry
  2. Given to frolicking; playful.
  3. Lively or playful:
jubilant
In a state of elation.
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  1. In a state of elation.
  2. Joyful and triumphant; elated; rejoicing
  3. Expressing joy.
sportive
Of, or having the nature of, sport, esp. outdoor sport
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  1. Of, or having the nature of, sport, esp. outdoor sport
  2. Fond of or full of sport or merriment; playful
  3. Done in fun or play, not in earnest
playful
Experimental.
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  1. Experimental.
  2. Said or done in fun; jocular
  3. Liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
dashing
Marked by showy elegance; splendid:
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  1. Marked by showy elegance; splendid:
  2. Chic, fashionable.
  3. Full of dash or spirit; bold and lively
elysian
Blissful; delightful.
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  1. Blissful; delightful.
  2. Happy; blissful; delightful
  3. In or like Elysium
jaunty
Dapper or stylish.
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  1. Dapper or stylish.
  2. Having or expressing a buoyant or self-confident air:
  3. Ostentatiously self-confident.
breezy
(Figuratively) with a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner
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  1. (Figuratively) with a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner
  2. Fresh and animated; lively:
  3. Light and lively; carefree
carefree
Free from troubles or worry
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  1. Free from troubles or worry
  2. Without cares; free of concern or worries; easy; casual; without difficulty.
happy-as-a-lark
(Simile, colloquial) Very happy (sometimes with the extra connotations of being carefree or unaware of grimmer realities).
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  1. (Simile, colloquial) Very happy (sometimes with the extra connotations of being carefree or unaware of grimmer realities).
chipper
In lively spirits; cheerful.
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  1. In lively spirits; cheerful.
  2. (Informal) Cheerful and sprightly; in good spirits
perky
Buoyant and self-confident; briskly cheerful.
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  1. Buoyant and self-confident; briskly cheerful.
  2. Small or firm and well-formed:
  3. Jaunty and appealing; sprightly:
peppy
Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
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  1. Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.
  2. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
  3. (Informal) Full of pep, or energy; brisk; vigorous; spirited
fit
In good physical condition; healthy
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  1. In good physical condition; healthy
  2. Appropriate; proper:
  3. (Biology) Able to survive and produce viable offspring in a particular environment
happy-go-lucky
Carefree or untroubled
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  1. Carefree or untroubled
  2. Taking things as they come; easygoing; trusting to luck; lighthearted
laughing
Uttered with laughter
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  1. Uttered with laughter
  2. That laughs or makes a sound like laughter
smiling
That which smiles or has a smile.
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  1. That which smiles or has a smile.
sparkling
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
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  1. Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
  2. Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
amusing
Entertaining; diverting
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  1. Entertaining; diverting
  2. Entertaining or pleasing.
  3. Funny, hilarious.
roaring
(Informal) Very active or successful; brisk
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  1. (Informal) Very active or successful; brisk
  2. Used as an intensive:
  3. That roars; loud; noisy
festive
Merry; joyous
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  1. Merry; joyous
  2. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival.
  3. Merry; joyous:
nice
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle:
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  1. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle:
  2. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:
  3. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
felicitous
Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style:
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  1. Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style:
  2. Marked by happiness or good fortune:
  3. Used or expressed in a way suitable to the occasion; aptly chosen; appropriate; apt
right
Of the side or bank of a river on the right of a person facing downstream
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  1. Of the side or bank of a river on the right of a person facing downstream
  2. In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
  3. Having a right angle:
fortunate
Having good luck; lucky
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  1. Having good luck; lucky
  2. Lucky, favored by fortune.
  3. Auspicious.
lucky
Happening or resulting fortunately
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  1. Happening or resulting fortunately
  2. Believed to bring good luck:
  3. Producing, or resulting in, good chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate.
providential
Happening as if through divine intervention; opportune.
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  1. Happening as if through divine intervention; opportune.
bright
Comparatively high on the scale of brightness:
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  1. Comparatively high on the scale of brightness:
  2. Full of promise and hope; auspicious:
  3. Happy; cheerful:
cheerful
Full of cheer; joyful
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  1. Full of cheer; joyful
  2. Filling with cheer; bright and attractive
  3. Bright and pleasant
cheery
Showing or suggesting good spirits; cheerful:
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  1. Showing or suggesting good spirits; cheerful:
  2. Cheerful; lively; bright
chipper
(Informal) Cheerful and sprightly; in good spirits
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  1. (Informal) Cheerful and sprightly; in good spirits
  2. In lively spirits; cheerful.
lighthearted
Free from care; cheerful; carefree
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  1. Free from care; cheerful; carefree
  2. Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad.
  3. Enjoyable lack of seriousness, not grave.
sunny
Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.
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  1. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.
  2. Bright and cheerful
  3. Shining or bright with sunlight; full of sunshine
content
Willing
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  1. Willing
  2. (Archaic) Pleased
  3. Happy enough with what one has or is; not desiring something more or different; satisfied
satisfied
Full of or showing satisfaction:
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  1. Full of or showing satisfaction:
  2. In a state of satisfaction.
cheerful
Being in or characterized by good spirits; merry.
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  1. Being in or characterized by good spirits; merry.
  2. Willing; ready
  3. Noticeably happy and optimistic.
cheery
Cheerful; lively; bright
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  1. Cheerful; lively; bright
  2. In a good mood, happy, cheerful
festive
Merry; joyous:
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  1. Merry; joyous:
  2. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival.
  3. Merry; joyous
glad
Very willing
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  1. Very willing
  2. Providing joy and pleasure:
  3. Feeling or characterized by pleasure or joy; happy; pleased
joyful
Feeling, expressing, or causing joy; glad; happy
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  1. Feeling, expressing, or causing joy; glad; happy
joyous
Feeling, showing, or causing joy; joyful.
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  1. Feeling, showing, or causing joy; joyful.
  2. Full of joy; happy; glad
festive
Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival.
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  1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival.
  2. Merry; joyous:
  3. Merry; joyous
gala
Marked by lavish or festive celebration:
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  1. Marked by lavish or festive celebration:
  2. Festive, or suitable for a festive occasion
  3. Celebratory; festive.
gladsome
Happy, joyous, or light-hearted.
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  1. Happy, joyous, or light-hearted.
  2. Joyful or cheerful
  3. Causing or showing gladness or joy:
joyful
Feeling, expressing, or causing joy; glad; happy
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  1. Feeling, expressing, or causing joy; glad; happy
joyous
Feeling, showing, or causing joy; joyful.
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  1. Feeling, showing, or causing joy; joyful.
  2. Full of joy; happy; glad
merry
Conducive to fun and laughter; festive
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  1. Conducive to fun and laughter; festive
  2. Full of fun and laughter; lively and cheerful
  3. Marked by or offering fun, good feelings, and liveliness; festive:
correct
Conforming or adhering to an established standard; proper
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  1. Conforming or adhering to an established standard; proper
  2. Conforming to standards; proper:
  3. Conforming to fact or logic; true, accurate, right, or free from errors
fit
(Biology) Able to survive and produce viable offspring in a particular environment
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  1. (Biology) Able to survive and produce viable offspring in a particular environment
  2. Appropriate; proper:
  3. Proper; right; appropriate
fitting
Being in keeping with a situation; appropriate.
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  1. Being in keeping with a situation; appropriate.
  2. Suitable; proper; appropriate
meet
Fitting; proper:
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  1. Fitting; proper:
  2. (Now Rare) Suitable; proper; fit
proper
Specially adapted or suitable to a specific purpose or specific conditions; appropriate
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  1. Specially adapted or suitable to a specific purpose or specific conditions; appropriate
  2. Belonging to one; own:
  3. Fitting; seemly; right
right
Of the side or bank of a river on the right of a person facing downstream
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  1. Of the side or bank of a river on the right of a person facing downstream
  2. Intended to be worn or positioned facing outward or toward an observer:
  3. In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct:
tailor-made
Custom-made
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  1. Custom-made
  2. Having trim, simple lines; tailored
  3. Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specific requirements
delighted
Greatly pleased.
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  1. Greatly pleased.
  2. Filled with wonder and delight.
  3. Highly pleased; happy
glad
Very willing
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  1. Very willing
  2. Providing joy and pleasure:
  3. Feeling or characterized by pleasure or joy; happy; pleased

Synonym Study

  • Joyful and joyous both imply great elation and rejoicing, the former generally because of a particular event, and the latter as a matter of usual temperament the joyful throngs, a joyous family
  • Cheerful implies a steady display of bright spirits, optimism, etc. he's always cheerful in the morning
  • Glad implies more strongly an exultant feeling of joy your letter made her so glad, but both glad and happy are commonly used in merely polite formulas expressing gratification I'm glad, or happy, to have met you
  • Happy generally suggests a feeling of great pleasure, contentment, etc. a happy marriage
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Sentence Examples

  • Are you trying to say that you're not happy with your success?

  • It must be a beautiful and happy place; and I wish to know all about it.

  • Happy to meet you at last, Yully.

  • Maybe she wasn't happy with the way her parents lived.

  • "Whatever makes you happy – I'm for it," he said with a sigh.

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