All jovial synonyms
joΒ·viΒ·al
J j adjective jovial
- amiable β Someone who is amiable is friendly and pleasant to be with.
- chipper β Chipper means cheerful and lively.
- convivial β Convivial people or occasions are pleasant, friendly, and relaxed.
- cordial β Cordial means friendly.
- festive β pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal.
- good-natured β having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- lighthearted β carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- pleasant β pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- sociable β inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- airy β If a building or room is airy, it has a lot of fresh air inside, usually because it is large.
- animated β Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
- bantering β teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- blithesome β cheery; merry
- bouncy β Someone or something that is bouncy is very lively.
- chaffing β good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
- chirpy β If you describe a person or their behaviour as chirpy, you mean they are very cheerful and lively.
- companionable β If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
- conversable β easy or pleasant to talk to
- daffy β If you describe a person or thing as daffy, you mean that they are strange or foolish, but in a rather attractive way.
- delightful β If you describe something or someone as delightful, you mean they are very pleasant.
- dizzy β having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
- enjoyable β (of an activity or occasion) giving delight or pleasure.
- facetious β not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- festal β pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- gay β of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
- glad β feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- gleeful β full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.
- hilarious β arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- humorous β Archaic. moist; wet.
- jocose β given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and amusing manner.
- jokey β lacking in seriousness; frivolous: The editorial had an offensively jokey tone for such an important subject.
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- joshing β good-natured banter.
- jubilant β showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- larking β a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- loony β lunatic; insane.
- mirthful β joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- nutty β abounding in or producing nuts.
- off-the-wall β markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.
- cheerful β Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
- jolly β in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- fun-loving β enjoying life in a lively, lighthearted way; spirited; playful: fun-loving friends.
- breezy β If you describe someone as breezy, you mean that they behave in a casual, cheerful, and confident manner.
- cheery β If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheery, you mean that they are cheerful and happy.
- good-humored β having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- full of beans β the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- happy β delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- merry β full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man.
- jocund β cheerful; merry; blithe; glad: a witty and jocund group.
- blithe β You use blithe to indicate that something is done casually, without serious or careful thought.