Synonyms of merriment

merriment

noun

ˈmer-i-mənt 

1

as in glee

a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter

their unexpected merriment made him nervously inquire as to the reason for it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glee
• cheerfulness
• merriness
• festivity
• cheer
• mirth
• joviality
• hilarity
• mirthfulness
• joyfulness
• gleefulness
• gaiety
• cheeriness
• humor
• joking
• gayness
• brightness
• reveling
• funning
• frivolity
• jocundity
• jollity
• revelry
• jollification
• levity
• playfulness
• giddiness
• jocularity
• buoyancy
• lightheartedness
• joyousness
• vivacity
• buffoonery
• sunniness
• jesting
• insouciance
• flippancy
• animation
• rejoicing
• jubilance
• jocosity
• liveliness
• sportiveness
• jauntiness
• joshing
• rollicking
• perkiness
• clownishness
• jocoseness
• frolicking
• gamesomeness
• good-naturedness
• romping
• gamboling
• good-humoredness
• jest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sorrow
• sadness
• unhappiness
• melancholy
• dejection
• depression
• gloom
• blues
• bile
• seriousness
• spleen
• earnestness
• forlornness
• solemnity
• gravity
• despondence
• discontent
• grimness
• sourness
• soberness
• woe
• darkness
• disgruntlement
• mournfulness
• moodiness
• blackness
• misery
• joylessness
• gloominess
• solemnness
• plaintiveness
• glumness
• graveness
• mourning
• desolation
• heartbreak
• wretchedness
• sobersidedness
• desolateness
• woefulness
• dolefulness
• dolorousness
• miserableness

2

as in festivity

joyful or festive activity

the wedding reception merriment lasted long into the night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• festivity
• celebration
• merrymaking
• jollity
• revelry
• cheerfulness
• jollification
• rejoicing
• gaiety
• fun
• conviviality
• festival
• enjoyment
• joy
• cheer
• entertainment
• reveling
• mirth
• whoopee
• glee
• party
• delight
• joviality
• merriness
• hilarity
• diversion
• mischief
• happiness
• riot
• carnival
• carouse
• pleasure
• carousal
• funning
• recreation
• cheeriness
• revel
• frivolity
• playfulness
• joking
• mirthfulness
• rollicking
• jocularity
• levity
• gleefulness
• buffoonery
• lark
• jesting
• flippancy
• lightheartedness
• romping
• frolic
• romp
• frolicking
• spree
• gambol
• fling
• gamboling
• binge
• zaniness
• rollick
• joshing
• clownishness
• clownery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misery
• grief
• gloom
• darkness
• woe
• mourning
• blackness
• heartache
• heartbreak
• wretchedness
• gloominess
• sorrow
• melancholy
• dolor
• unhappiness
• mournfulness
• glumness
• dejection
• depression
• miserableness
• heartsickness
• despondency
• doldrums
• dumps
• dolefulness
• joylessness
• forlornness
• despondence
• downheartedness
• dispiritedness
• disconsolateness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of merriment

Lanie breaks into the merriment. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026

And with that same energy, my wife and I trodded further into the fair in hot pursuit of merriment and wonder. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

There was food, drink and merriment of all stripes. — Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026

The whole family will find merriment in hopping aboard the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, a four-hour, 26-mile, round-trip journey that begins and ends at the historic depot in Blue Ridge. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026