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Synonyms for jolly
ˈdʒɒl ijol·ly

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. jolly

    Happy primarily refers to something that comes "by good hap," a chance that brings prosperity, benefit, or success.

    And grasps the skirts of happy chance.

    Tennyson In Memoriam lxiii, st. 2.

    In this sense happy is closely allied to fortunate and lucky. (See FORTUNATE.) Happy has, however, so far diverged from this original sense as to apply to advantages where chance is not recognized, or is even excluded by direct reference to the divine will, when it becomes almost equivalent to blessed.

    Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.

    Job v, 17.

    Happy is also applied to the ready dexterity or skill by which favorable results (usually in minor matters) are secured, when it becomes a synonym for dexterous, felicitous, and the associated words; as, he has a happy wit; happy at retort (compare CLEVER). In its most frequent present use, happy is applied to the state of one enjoying happiness, or to that by which happiness is expressed; as, a happy heart; a happy face; happy laughter; happy tears (compare synonyms for HAPPINESS). Cheerful applies to the possession or expression of a moderate and tranquil happiness. A cheery word spontaneously gives cheer to others; a cheering word is more distinctly planned to cheer and encourage. Gay applies to an effusive and superficial happiness (often not really worthy of that name) perhaps resulting largely from abundant animal spirits: we speak of gay revelers or a gay horse. A buoyant spirit is, as it were, borne up by joy and hope. A sunny disposition has a constant tranquil brightness that irradiates all who come within its influence.

    Compare synonyms for GRIEF.

    Synonyms:
    blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheering, cheery, delighted, delightful, dexterous, felicitous, fortunate, gay, glad, happy, jocund, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, mirthful, pleased, prosperous, rapturous, rejoiced, rejoicing, smiling, sprightly, successful, sunny

    Preposition:
    A happy event for him; happy at a reply; happy in his home, with his friends, among his children; happy at the discovery, over his success.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. jolly

    Synonyms:
    gay, joyful, gladsome, mirthful, genial, jovial, jubilant, robust, lively, plump, merry

    Antonyms:
    sad, mournful, joyless, cheerless, unmirthful, lugubrious, morose, gloomy, lean

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. jollynoun

    a happy party

    Synonyms:
    jolly boat

    Antonyms:
    joyless

  2. jolly boat, jollyadjective

    a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work

    Synonyms:
    jolly boat

    Antonyms:
    joyless

  3. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthfulverb

    full of or showing high-spirited merriment

    "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"

    Synonyms:
    spanking, festal, comic, laughable, jocund, jovial, festive, brave, rattling, risible, braw, zippy, comical, sunny, funny, lively, gay, cheery, mirthful, merry, amusing, homophile(a), snappy, brisk, alert

    Antonyms:
    joyless

  4. kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banteradverb

    be silly or tease one another

    "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

    Synonyms:
    pull the leg of, banter, chaff, josh, kid

    Antonyms:
    joyless

  5. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passablyadverb

    to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

    "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"

    Synonyms:
    fair, middling, passably, evenhandedly, fairly, clean, more or less, slightly, moderately, reasonably, pretty, sanely, somewhat, sensibly

    Antonyms:
    joyless

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. jollyadjective

    Synonyms:
    merry, joyous, joyful, gay, jovial, airy, mirthful, jocund, playful, frolicsome, sportive, gamesome, funny, facetious, jocular, waggish, sprightly, lively, jocund, wanton

  2. jollyadjective

    Synonyms:
    plump, stout, lusty, bouncing, portly, chubby, in good case

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 2 votes

  1. jollyadjective

    Synonyms:
    jovial, vivacious, congenial, convivial, mirthful, sportive, gay, facetious, boon, waggish, jocular, jocose, witty, blithe, sprightly, cheery

  2. jollyverb

    Synonyms:
    make good-natured, joke, jest, cheer, encourage

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "jolly":

    jolie, merry, julie, happy

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How to use jolly in a sentence?

  1. Jolly Joseph:

    She was very talkative and well-mannered, jolly was very loving.

  2. Catherine Dill:

    Just because he seems like a jolly man doesn't mean that his intentions are pure, or that he's unable to launch a missile again, a lot of the summit, even if the true intention of President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un was to work towards peace at some point, there's a lot of pageantry involved. So in some sense, he was acting.

  3. Henriette Reker:

    We have to explain to people from other cultures that the jolly and frisky attitude during our Carnival is not a sign of sexual openness.

  4. Montana Siniff:

    Jolly Roger is entirely false. Jessica Watkins hates explosives. There is no moral or lawful way to really make use of explosives as a regular citizen.

  5. Sarah Paulson:

    In fact, when I smoked, my brother used to always tell me that I was a kleptomaniac with all the lighters. But… I just take things. So yeah, I’ve stolen a lot, unconsciously. there was some gum, there was a Jolly Rancher I might have stolen, some Sweet Tarts. My favorite candy in all of time.


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