Roget's Thesaurus

#836. Cheerfulness

Nouns

cheerfulness etc. adj.; geniality, gayety, l'allegro [Fr.], cheer, good humor, spirits; high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits; glee, high glee, light heart; sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast; gaiete de coeur [Fr.], bon naturel [Fr.]. liveliness etc. adj.; life, alacrity, vivacity, animation, allegresse; jocundity, joviality, jollity; levity; jocularity etc. (wit) 842. mirth, merriment, hilarity, exhilaration; laughter etc. 838; merrymaking etc. (amusement) 840; heyday, rejoicing etc. 838; marriage bell. nepenthe, Euphrosyne, sweet forgetfulness. optimism etc. (hopefulness) 858; self complacency; hedonics, hedonism.

Verbs

be cheerful etc. adj.; have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose [Fr.]; ridentem dicere virum [Lat.], cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; chirp, take heart, cast away care, drive dull care away, perk up. keep a stiff upper lip. rejoice etc. 838; carol, chirrup, lilt; frisk, rollick, give a loose to mirth. cheer, enliven, elate, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, animate, raise the spirits, inspire; perk up; put in good humor; cheer the heart, rejoice the heart; delight etc. (give pleasure) 829.

Adjectives

cheerful; happy etc. 827; cheery, cheerly; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits, in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper [U.S.]; in high spirits, in high feather; happy as the day is long, happy as a king; gay as a lark; allegro; debonair; light, lightsome, light hearted; buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy; janty, jaunty, canty; hedonic; riant; sprightly, sprightful; spry; spirited, spiritful; lively, animated, vivacious; brisk as a bee; sparkling, sportive; full of play, full of spirit; all alive. sunny, palmy; hopeful etc. 858. merry as a cricket, merry as a grig, merry as a marriage bell; joyful, joyous, jocund, jovial; jolly as a thrush, jolly as a sandboy; blithesome; gleeful, gleesome; hilarious, rattling. winsome, bonny, hearty, buxom. playful, playsome; folatre [Fr.], playful as a kitten, tricksy, frisky, frolicsome; gamesome; jocose, jocular, waggish; mirth loving, laughter-loving; mirthful, rollicking. elate, elated; exulting, jubilant, flushed; rejoicing etc. 838; cock-a-hoop. cheering, inspiriting, exhilarating; cardiac, cardiacal; pleasing etc. 829; palmy.

Adverbs

cheerfully etc. adj..

Interjections

never say die!, come!, cheer up!, hurrah!, etc. 838; hence loathed melancholy!, begone dull care!, away with melancholy!

Phrases

a merry heart goes all the day [A winter's Tale]; as merry as the day is long [Much Ado]; ride si sapis [Lat.] [Martial].