Synonyms for joyous
ˈdʒɔɪ əsjoy·ous

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1. joyous

   Aerial and airy both signify of or belonging to the air, but airy also describes that which seems as if made of air; we speak of airy shapes, airy nothings, where we could not well say aerial; ethereal describes its object as belonging to the upper air, the pure ether, and so, often, heavenly. Sprightly, spiritlike, refers to light, free, cheerful activity of mind and body. That which is lively or animated may be agreeable or the reverse; as, an animated discussion; a lively company.

   Synonyms:
   aerial, airy, animated, ethereal, fairylike, frolicsome, gay, light, lively, sprightly

   Antonyms:
   clumsy, dull, heavy, inert, ponderous, slow, sluggish, stony, wooden

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1. joyousadjective

   full of or characterized by joy

   "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

   Antonyms:
   joyless, mirthless, unsmiling, funereal, sepulchral

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1. joyousadjective

   Synonyms:
   glad, JOYFUL

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1. joyousadjective

   Synonyms:
   joyful

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1. List of paraphrases for "joyous":

   merry, jubilant, happy, joyful, festive

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How to use joyous in a sentence?

1. Jennifer Aniston:

   ... I hear the ocean, I see the ocean, I hear laughter, I see kids running, I hear ice in a glass, I smell food being cooked, thats the joyous snapshot in my head.

2. Elizabeth Rodolph:

   Such a lovely person has been taken out of our lives, he was the friendliest, gentlest, and most lovable and joyous person you ’ll ever encounter.

3. Siliana Gaspard:

   Shad was our whole world and we were his, there are not enough words to describe what he means to all of us. He was our heart, our soul, our protector, our warrior. He was a bright force of nature, who brought joy to many through his joyous and gracious nature.

4. M Aurelius:

   Consider, and you will find that almost all the transactions of the time of Vespasian differed little from those of the present day. You there find marrying and giving in marriage, educating children, sickness, death, war, joyous holidays, traffic, agriculture, flatterers, insolent pride, suspicions, laying of plots, longing for the death of others, newsmongers, lovers, misers, men canvassing for consulship?yet all these passed away, and are nowhere.

5. Barack Obama:

   It falls to each of us to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy, to embrace the joyous task we've been given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours.