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Synonyms for cheerful
adj happy- animated
- bright
- buoyant
- cheery
- chipper
- chirpy
- effervescent
- enthusiastic
- good-natured
- jaunty
- jolly
- joyful
- lighthearted
- lively
- merry
- optimistic
- peppy
- perky
- pleasant
- rosy
- sanguine
- sunny
- upbeat
- airy
- blithe
- bouncy
- bucked
- contented
- enlivening
- full of pep
- gay
- glad
- gladsome
- good-humored
- hearty
- high
- hilarious
- hopeful
- in good spirits
- in high spirits
- jocund
- roseate
- snappy
- sparkling
- sprightly
- sunny side up
- up
- vivacious
- winsome
- zappy
- zingy
- zippy
Antonyms for cheerful
- apathetic
- cloudy
- depressed
- depressing
- down
- dull
- gloomy
- heavy-hearted
- hopeless
- inactive
- lethargic
- lifeless
- pale
- pessimistic
- sad
- serious
- sorrowful
- unenthusiastic
- unhappy
- upset
- cheerless
- grave
- heavy
- melancholy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
More words related to cheerful
Panglossian
adjective. optimistic
airy
adjective. buoyant, light, or lively in nature
alive
adjective. being active, full of life
amiable
adjective. friendly, agreeable
- affable
- amicable
- attractive
- benign
- breezy
- buddy-buddy
- charming
- cheerful
- clubby
- complaisant
- cool
- copacetic
- cordial
- cozy
- delightful
- downright neighborly
- easy
- engaging
- friendly
- genial
- good-humored
- good-natured
- gracious
- home cooking
- kind
- kindly
- lenient
- lovable
- mellow
- mild
- obliging
- palsy-walsy
- pleasant
- pleasing
- princely
- pussycat
- responsive
- right
- righteous
- sociable
- sweet-tempered
- swell
- tight
- warm
- warmhearted
- winning
amusing
adjective. entertaining, funny
beaming
adjective. very happy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.