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The synonyms of “Cheerful” are: pollyannaish, upbeat, happy, jolly, merry, bright, glad, sunny, joyful, joyous, light-hearted, in good spirits, in high spirits, sparkling, bubbly, exuberant, ebullient, elated, gleeful, breezy, airy, cheery, sprightly, jaunty, animated, radiant, smiling, grinning, laughing, mirthful, frolicsome, pleasant, attractive, agreeable, cheering, uplifting, friendly, welcoming, comfortable
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cheerful” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| agreeable | Prepared to agree or consent. A cheerful and agreeable companion. |
| airy | Having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air. The conservatory is light and airy. |
| animated | Having life or vigor or spirit. An animated version of the classic fairy tale. |
| attractive | Pleasing or appealing to the senses. A book with attractive illustrations. |
| breezy | Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes. The text is written in a breezy matter of fact manner. |
| bright | Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing reflecting a sheen or glow. These young people have a bright future ahead of them. |
| bubbly | (of a person) full of cheerful high spirits. A bright and bubbly personality. |
| cheering | Shouting for joy or in praise or encouragement. A cheering crowd. |
| cheery | Bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer. A cheery hello. |
| comfortable | With a wide margin. A comfortable victory. |
| ebullient | (of liquid or matter) boiling or agitated as if boiling. She sounded ebullient and happy. |
| elated | Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits. Dozens of elated fans welcomed the champions home. |
| exuberant | Joyously unrestrained. Exuberant over the top sculptures. |
| friendly | (of a person) on good or affectionate terms. A government friendly to our interests. |
| frolicsome | Lively and playful. Frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes. |
| glad | Causing happiness. Glad of the fire s warmth. |
| gleeful | Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful. She gave a gleeful chuckle. |
| grinning | Smiling broadly. She looked at Mick s grinning face. |
| happy | Willing to do something. I can t say they looked too happy about it but a deal s a deal. |
| in good spirits | Directed or bound inward. |
| in high spirits | Directed or bound inward. |
| jaunty | Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. Walked with a jaunty step. |
| jolly | Full of or showing high-spirited merriment- Wordsworth. We had a very jolly time. |
| joyful | Feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness. A joyful occasion. |
| joyous | Full of or characterized by joy. Scenes of joyous celebration. |
| laughing | Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness. Laughing children. |
| light-hearted | Carefree and happy and lighthearted. |
| merry | Offering fun and gaiety. The streets were dense with merry throngs of students. |
| mirthful | Full of or showing high-spirited merriment. Mirthful laughter. |
| pleasant | Affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings. Pleasant sensations. |
| pollyannaish | Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic. |
| radiant | Of an appliance designed to emit radiant energy especially for cooking or heating. He praised her radiant self confidence. |
| smiling | Smiling with happiness or optimism. It s nice to see everyone s smiling faces. |
| sparkling | Shining with brilliant points of light like stars. Sparkling wine. |
| sprightly | Full of spirit and vitality. A sprightly young girl. |
| sunny | (of a person or their temperament) cheery and bright. A sunny smile. |
| upbeat | Cheerful; optimistic. He was upbeat about the company s future. |
| uplifting | Inspiring happiness, optimism, or hope. An uplifting story of triumph over adversity. |
| welcoming | Behaving in a polite or friendly way to a guest or new arrival. A welcoming smile. |
| affability | The quality of having a friendly and good-natured manner. An air of benign affability. |
| amiability | The quality of having a friendly and pleasant manner; geniality. His good natured amiability. |
| amiably | In a friendly and pleasant manner. Soon everyone was chatting amiably. |
| beatific | Feeling or expressing blissful happiness. A beatific smile. |
| blissful | Providing perfect happiness or great joy. In blissful ignorance. |
| cheerfulness | The quality of causing happiness. His cheerfulness made everyone feel better. |
| companionable | (of a situation) relaxed and pleasant because shared with friends or friendly people. They walked in companionable silence. |
| cuddly | Denoting a toy, especially a model of an animal, that is padded or spongy and covered in soft fabric. A cuddly toy. |
| elated | Full of high-spirited delight. Dozens of elated fans welcomed the champions home. |
| extrovert | Relating to denoting or typical of an extrovert. His extrovert personality made him the ideal host. |
| extroverted | At ease in talking to others. She is extroverted confident and gives rousing lectures. |
| exultant | Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success. He waved to the exultant crowds. |
| geniality | A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to. He was endowed with geniality and good humour. |
| glad | Feeling pleasure or happiness. A glad May morning. |
| grin | Smile broadly. A silly grin. |
| happy | Satisfied with the quality or standard of. Spent many happy days on the beach. |
| hearty | (of food) wholesome and substantial. A formidably hearty spinster of fifty five. |
| hilarity | Great merriment. By midnight the hilarity had increased. |
| joyful | Feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness. Make a joyful noise. |
| laugh | An act of laughing. Come along it ll be a laugh. |
| laughter | The action or sound of laughing. He roared with laughter. |
| lighthearted | Carefree and happy and lighthearted. Her lighthearted nature. |
| maniacal | Suffering from mania. His maniacal obsession with conspiracy theories. |
| optimistic | Hopeful and confident about the future. Previous estimates of whale numbers may be wildly optimistic. |
| smile | Express with a smile. At first fortune smiled on him. |
| smiling | Smiling with happiness or optimism Lewis Carroll. Smiling is still a big part of the job. |
| smirk | Smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way. He smirked in triumph. |
| snicker | Give a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh; snigger. He could imagine them snickering as he passed. |
| sociable | (of a place, occasion, or activity) characterized by friendliness or social interaction. A very sociable little village. |
| upbeat | Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic. The town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles. |
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