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upbeat

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of upbeat

1 having or showing a good mood or disposition
  • an upbeat attitude about life
Synonyms of upbeat

blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, chipper, gay, gladsome, lightsome, sunny, winsome
Words Related to upbeat

hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine

animated, chirpy, jaunty, lilting, lively, perky, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious

carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned

boon, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful

blissful, delighted, glad, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, tickled

beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling
Near Antonyms of upbeat

joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied

dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid

blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, down, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, hangdog, heavyhearted, inconsolable, low, low-spirited, melancholy, mirthless, sorrowful
Antonyms of upbeat

dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullen
2 having qualities which inspire hope
  • several upbeat signs that the economy is improving
Synonyms of upbeat

auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, likely, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, roseate, rosy
Words Related to upbeat

cheering, comforting, reassuring, soothing

assured, confident, decisive, doubtless, positive, sure, unhesitating

beamish, bullish

favorable, good
Near Antonyms of upbeat

cheerless, comfortless

doubtful, dubious, uncertain

bearish, grim, negative, unfavorable

funereal, glum, gray (also grey), miserable, wretched
Antonyms of upbeat

bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic, unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitious

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