joyous

adjectives

full of or characterized by joy

"felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

joyous

is derived from

joy

is derived from

joyousness

antonym

joyless

is similar to

feeling great rapture or delight

ecstatic, enraptured, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic

is similar to

full of high-spirited delight

"a joyful heart"

elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant

is similar to

offering fun and gaiety

"a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"

festal, festive, gay, merry

is similar to

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"

gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful