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high spirits
noun as in animation
noun as in buoyancy/buoyance
noun as in ebullience
noun as in effervescence
noun as in elation
noun as in euphoria
noun as in exhilaration
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in exuberance
noun as in exultation
noun as in gaiety
Strongest matches
Strong matches
- animation
- blitheness
- brightness
- brilliance
- cheer
- color
- conviviality
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- glitter
- grins
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mirth
- pleasantness
- radiance
- revel
- revelry
- shindig
- showiness
- sparkle
- sport
- sprightliness
- vivacity
- whoopee
Weak matches
noun as in gladness
noun as in gleefulness
noun as in humor
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in humorousness
noun as in jocoseness
Strong matches
- animation
- blitheness
- brightness
- brilliance
- cheer
- color
- conviviality
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- gleefulness
- glitter
- grins
- hilarity
- jocosity
- jocularity
- jocundity
- jolliness
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- merriment
- merriness
- merrymaking
- mirth
- mirthfulness
- pleasantness
- radiance
- revel
- revelry
- shindig
- showiness
- sparkle
- sport
- sprightliness
- vivacity
- whoopee
noun as in jocosity
Strong matches
noun as in jocularity
Strong matches
- animation
- blitheness
- brightness
- brilliance
- cheer
- color
- conviviality
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- gleefulness
- glitter
- grins
- hilarity
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocundity
- jolliness
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- merriment
- merriness
- merrymaking
- mirth
- mirthfulness
- pleasantness
- radiance
- revel
- revelry
- shindig
- showiness
- sparkle
- sport
- sprightliness
- vivacity
- whoopee
noun as in jocundity
Strong matches
- animation
- blitheness
- brightness
- brilliance
- cheer
- color
- conviviality
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- gleefulness
- glitter
- grins
- hilarity
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- jolliness
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- merriment
- merriness
- merrymaking
- mirth
- mirthfulness
- pleasantness
- radiance
- revel
- revelry
- shindig
- showiness
- sparkle
- sport
- sprightliness
- vivacity
- whoopee
noun as in joie de vivre
noun as in jolliness
Strong matches
- animation
- blitheness
- brightness
- brilliance
- cheer
- color
- conviviality
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- gleefulness
- glitter
- grins
- hilarity
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- jocundity
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- merriment
- merriness
- merrymaking
- mirth
- mirthfulness
- pleasantness
- radiance
- revel
- revelry
- shindig
- showiness
- sparkle
- sport
- sprightliness
- vivacity
- whoopee
noun as in joviality
Strong matches
- animation
- blitheness
- brightness
- brilliance
- cheer
- color
- conviviality
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- gleefulness
- glitter
- grins
- hilarity
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- jocundity
- jolliness
- jollity
- joyousness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- merriment
- merriness
- merrymaking
- mirth
- mirthfulness
- pleasantness
- radiance
- revel
- revelry
- shindig
- showiness
- sparkle
- sport
- sprightliness
- vivacity
- whoopee
noun as in jubilance
noun as in levity
noun as in life
noun as in ludicrousness
Weak matches
- amusement
- badinage
- banter
- buffoonery
- clowning
- comedy
- comicality
- comicalness
- drollery
- drollness
- facetiousness
- farce
- farcicality
- flippancy
- fun
- funniness
- gag
- gaiety
- happiness
- humorousness
- jest
- jesting
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- joyfulness
- kidding
- levity
- lightness
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- raillery
- ridiculousness
- tomfoolery
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- zaniness
noun as in merriness
Strong matches
- animation
- blitheness
- brightness
- brilliance
- cheer
- color
- conviviality
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- gleefulness
- glitter
- grins
- hilarity
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- jocundity
- jolliness
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mirth
- mirthfulness
- pleasantness
- radiance
- revel
- revelry
- shindig
- showiness
- sparkle
- sport
- sprightliness
- vivacity
- whoopee
noun as in mirthfulness
Strong matches
- animation
- blitheness
- brightness
- brilliance
- cheer
- color
- conviviality
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- gleefulness
- glitter
- grins
- hilarity
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- jocundity
- jolliness
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- merriment
- merriness
- merrymaking
- mirth
- pleasantness
- radiance
- revel
- revelry
- shindig
- showiness
- sparkle
- sport
- sprightliness
- vivacity
- whoopee
noun as in mood
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in peace of mind
Example Sentences
"She was in high spirits," says Friend A. "She was joking around."
As the Cool Britannia movement was starting to surge, Mr McNamara found the nation's blossoming mood matched by the crowd's high spirits on a warm evening outside the venue, which has now closed.
"It might have been offensive had people been asked to dress up like a bride or groom but here it's just a party, we should take it in high spirits," she said.
"She seemed in very high spirits this morning. I want what's best for the team, and that's absolutely having our captain on the pitch," said Morgan.
Hundreds of eighth-graders in freshly ironed button-down shirts and flowing dresses filed into Andrew Carnegie Middle School with their families Tuesday morning in high spirits.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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