JUBILANTLY Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

jubilant

adjective

ˈjü-bə-lənt

Definition of jubilant

as in triumphant

having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph the nominee's jubilant acceptance speech before the cheering crowd

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Recent Examples of jubilant England was jubilant after taking down Mexico in their Round of 16 World Cup match on Sunday night, but a small slip-up amid a celebration after the 3-2 win may have cost them a player. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 Other major boulevards across Casablanca were also jammed with jubilant fans. — Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026 All of which sent the sellout crowd into jubilant celebrations, some jumping, others breaking out World Cup chants. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Her husband is jubilant at her return, but her friend Cee reacts very differently, and old grievances surface as the true price of Helen’s departure comes into focus. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for jubilant

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But unfortunately life gets in the way of this triumphant moment in a young person’s life when her mother Elizabeth’s (Melanie Lynskey) cancer returns.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
Last May, the musician made a triumphant return to the stage after a series of health setbacks, and did so with a little help from his three daughters.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of triumphant

Adjective

Although sometimes in those ecstatic moments in your life, the hardest thing is to really take it all in.

— Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
His prose radiates an ecstatic pessimism, as if lit up from within by the relief of not having to sugarcoat things with comforting lies.

— Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of ecstatic

Adjective

This Queens bakery comes from two restaurant-industry veterans and proud Filipinos Kimberly Camara and Kevin Borja, who started a pop-up back in 2020 and quickly developed a cult following that demanded a brick-and-mortar.

— Kyle Beechey, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Aug. 2026
Salesforce is proud to be an early investor, customer, and partner.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of proud

Adjective

The film also delivered the highest Imax international market share of any major release in the company’s history, said an exultant CEO Rich Gelfond.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 July 2026
Whitehead conjures New York with the deeply experienced intelligence and acuity of Claude McKay in his exultant, picaresque novels of Black life in the early 20th century.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Definition of exultant

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