English word
Jolly
Definitions
adjective
- full of high spirits : joyous
- given to conviviality : jovial
- expressing, suggesting, or inspiring lively happiness and good cheer : cheerful
- extremely pleasant or agreeable : splendid
Synonyms for jolly
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- merry
- festive
- fun
- buoyant
- glad
Synonyms by context
Happy and cheerful in mood or atmosphere
adjective
Full of life, spirit, energy, or movement
adjective
- lively
- buzzing
- vibrant
- animated
- astir
- stirring
- active
- alive
- happening
Full of enthusiasm or eagerness
adjective
- enthusiastic
- ardent
- eager
- passionate
- spirited
- avid
- zealous
- ebullient
To a great or extreme degree
adverb
- extremely
- really
- exceedingly
- very
- particularly
- terribly
- immensely
- awfully
- seriously
- highly
To encourage (someone) in a friendly way
verb
- cajole
- coax
- encourage
- urge
- persuade
- wheedle
- induce
- inveigle
- influence
- entice
To tell a joke or talk in a playful manner
verb
- joke
- kid
- jest
- banter
- quip
- wisecrack
- gag
- chaff
- josh
Activities or events celebrating a special occasion
noun
- festivity
- celebration
- party
- bash
- festival
- shindig
- merrymaking
- carousal
- revelry
- do
Antonyms for jolly
Opposite of happy and cheerful in mood or atmosphere
Opposite of pleasing to the mind or senses
- disagreeable
- pleasureless
- unpalatable
- unpleasant
- unwelcome
- unenjoyable
- foul
- bad
- displeasing
- awful
Opposite of characterized by happiness or optimism
- bleak
- cheerless
- dark
- depressing
- dismal
- dour
- dreary
- glum
- gray
Opposite of to a great or extreme degree
- little
- negligibly
- nominally
- slightly
- somewhat
- quite
- rather
- pretty
- relatively
- passably
Opposite of in a manner which leaves little question
- doubtfully
Opposite of to a deep or profound degree
- incompletely
- partially
Opposite of activities or events celebrating a special occasion
- depression
- gloom
- infestivity
- misery
- pain
- sadness
- seriousness
- sorrow
- unhappiness
- work
Opposite of a gathering of a social nature
- feud
- division
- separation
- discord
- disunion
- disharmony
- disjuncture
- dissection
- dissension
- breaking
Phrases
- a hoot
- alive and kicking
- always smiling
- a scream
- as happy as a clam
- as happy as a sandboy
- as happy as Larry
- as lively as a grig
- as merry as a grig
- as pleased as Punch
- at ease
- beside oneself with happiness
- beside oneself with joy
- blissed out
- bright and breezy
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- bubbling over
- bummed out
- can't complain
- carried away