Synonyms of joyous

joyous

adjective

ˈjȯi-əs 

as in thankful

experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight

a joyous crowd eagerly awaiting the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of joyous

Our teenage sons, in a moment of joyous regression, insisted on roasting marshmallows. — Dinaw Mengestu, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026

Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026

Rodri, the Spanish captain and lynchpin, winner of the Golden Ball as best player in the tournament, placed both hands on his head, in joyous disbelief. — Sean Gregory, Time, 20 July 2026

Unfortunately, no one passed Bieber the memo about the joyous vibe that the World Cup halftime show was hoping to cultivate. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026