Synonyms of glad

glad 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in delighted

experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight

the man was glad to see his old college buddies again, after so long an absence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delighted
• thankful
• pleased
• happy
• satisfied
• joyful
• joyous
• gratified
• thrilled
• blissful
• cheerful
• chuffed
• hopeful
• ecstatic
• tickled
• smiling
• merry
• laughing
• cheery
• optimistic
• jolly
• gleeful
• lighthearted
• upbeat
• jovial
• buoyant
• sunny
• mirthful
• enraptured
• elated
• jubilant
• rapturous
• euphoric
• gladsome
• blithe
• exuberant
• exultant
• intoxicated
• exhilarated
• beatific
• rhapsodic
• rejoicing
• blithesome
• beaming
• jocund
• rhapsodical
• rapt
• gay
• rosy
• sanguine
• entranced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sad
• unhappy
• displeased
• dissatisfied
• unsatisfied
• sorry
• joyless
• depressed
• blue
• aggrieved
• melancholy
• anguished
• disheartened
• dejected
• despondent
• downcast
• disconsolate
• forlorn
• abject
• unpleased
• brokenhearted
• sorrowful
• mournful
• doleful
• plaintive
• woeful
• downhearted
• miserable
• gray
• black
• dark
• grey
• gloomy
• heartbroken
• dolorous
• grieved
• lachrymose
• dispirited
• wretched
• desolate
• glum
• woebegone
• heartsick

2

as in willing

having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action)

I am glad to do the work if it will help the cause

Synonyms & Similar Words

• willing
• ready
• inclined
• minded
• excited
• prepared
• disposed
• amenable
• fain
• game
• obliging
• eager
• cooperative
• prone
• responsive
• favorable
• obedient
• receptive
• enthusiastic
• desirous
• agreeable
• compliant
• swift
• prompt
• submissive
• predisposed
• quick
• enthused
• accommodating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unwilling
• reluctant
• loath
• disinclined
• averse
• reticent
• loth
• unamenable
• loathe

3

as in cheerful

serving to lift one's spirits

doctors brought glad tidings to the reporters awaiting news of the queen's condition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheerful
• bright
• cheering
• cheery
• gay
• heartening
• gladdening
• sparkling
• heartwarming
• gleaming
• radiant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dark
• gray
• gloomy
• grey
• depressing
• bleak
• discouraging
• dreary
• dismal
• cheerless
• dull
• disheartening
• drab
• black
• colorless
• desolate
• lackluster
• lusterless
• dispiriting

4

as in thankful

feeling or expressing gratitude

she was glad of the offer of a ride home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thankful
• grateful
• appreciative
• obliged
• thanking
• delighted
• indebted
• appreciatory
• pleased
• beholden
• contented
• satisfied
• gratified
• tickled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ungrateful
• thankless
• unappreciative
• rude
• inappreciative
• thoughtless
• inhospitable
• ungracious

glad

2 of 2

verb

archaic

as in to please

to give satisfaction to

it hath gladded my heart to see thy face again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• please
• delight
• satisfy
• warm
• rejoice
• pleasure
• thrill
• feast
• agree (with)
• gladden
• entertain
• amuse
• content
• gratify
• suit
• tickle
• appease
• soothe
• excite
• gas
• comfort
• placate
• calm
• mollify
• pacify
• quench
• charm
• satiate
• treat
• sate
• assuage
• captivate
• cater (to)
• galvanize
• divert
• spoil
• indulge
• humor
• pamper
• titillate
• coddle
• mollycoddle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• get
• bother
• displease
• annoy
• bug
• put out
• cross
• aggravate
• irk
• irritate
• vex
• anger
• outrage
• upset
• grate
• chafe
• exasperate
• ruffle
• infuriate
• pique
• perturb
• gall
• provoke
• rile
• enrage
• rouse
• distress
• disturb
• inflame
• madden
• rankle
• incense
• fret
• roil
• agitate
• peeve
• harass
• steam up
• offend
• harry
• insult
• pester
• nettle
• enflame
• affront

Phrases Containing glad

• glad rags