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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
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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.