Synonyms of mirth

mirth

noun

ˈmərth 

as in glee

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

as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of mirth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Maher’s dour mug resembles a Debbie Downer; his only mirth comes from disbelieving or humiliating someone else for having a different point of view. —Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024

Despite their mirth, Tomas ultimately imprisons the couple in his house to turn them over to the opposition, a predicament that completely decimates what little fortitude Elena has left. —Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024

The celebrations of the killing by Israel’s political leaders; the fantastic schemes for the removal of Palestinians to Sinai, or Europe, or Congo; the public figures signing bombs to be dropped on what’s left of Gaza; the gleeful recordings made by individual soldiers—all combine malice and mirth. —Seyward Darby, Longreads, 8 Feb. 2024

But isn’t acting often as much about mirth as methodology? —M.d. Rodrigues, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024