English Explanatory Dictionary

joyous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Full of joy; happy.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/ en-us-joyous.ogg

Word forms

joyous more joyous most joyous

Etymology

From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.

Synonyms

blissome blissy blithe gladsome berserk blissed out buoyant blithesome bonnie bright cheerful cheerly cheery chuffed cock-a-hoop content contented convivial delighted ebullient ecstatic elated enthusiastic euphoric excited exhilarated exuberant exultant fat and happy gassed gay gayful giddy glad gleeful gleesome happy hearty hyped high on life jovial joyful joyous merry mirthsome on cloud nine overjoyed overjoyous over the moon pacific perky placated pleased satisfied stoked thrilled tickled pink triumphant vivacious wealful

Related words

joy joyful joyfully joyfulness

Derived words

joyously joyousness overjoyous unjoyous

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