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joyful
adjective as in happy
Strongest matches
cheerful, cheery, ecstatic, elated, enjoyable, festive, heartening, joyous, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, pleasurable, rapturous, upbeat
Weak matches
blithesome, delighted, doing handsprings, effervescent, enraptured, expansive, flipping, flying, gay, glad, gladsome, gratified, high, jocund, jolly, jovial, overjoyed, pleased, popping, satisfied, sunny, transported
Example Sentences
"I'm feeling overwhelmed and joyful and glad that I got the opportunity to do this," she added.
His last words to his followers came from a sermon he gave on the previous Sunday: "Be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things that you have heard and seen me do."
"It is a joyful day, but also a painful one. I wish he was here to see it."
“Some people think I’m a little bit — not pessimistic, but not joyful enough,” he says.
“But I was also in that joyful spot where I’m in that creative place that has always been where I’m really myself.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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