Synonyms of upbeat

upbeat

adjective

1

as in cheerful

having or showing a good mood or disposition

an upbeat attitude about life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheerful
• optimistic
• bright
• cheery
• buoyant
• sunny
• smiling
• lively
• chipper
• happy
• blithe
• joyful
• merry
• careless
• grinning
• hopeful
• gay
• winsome
• blithesome
• delighted
• gladsome
• chirpy
• jolly
• satisfied
• lighthearted
• lightsome
• perky
• vivacious
• rosy
• laughing
• jovial
• sanguine
• animated
• pleased
• sprightly
• easygoing
• carefree
• jaunty
• canty
• joyous
• lilting
• eupeptic
• gleeful
• unconcerned
• blissful
• mirthful
• insouciant
• glad
• cavalier
• happy-go-lucky
• jocund
• sprightful
• boon
• gratified
• devil-may-care
• tickled
• beaming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gloomy
• glum
• morose
• dour
• sullen
• sulky
• sad
• saturnine
• unhappy
• unsatisfied
• joyless
• sluggish
• dull
• listless
• lethargic
• depressed
• melancholy
• sorrowful
• torpid
• blue
• downcast
• low
• despondent
• dejected
• forlorn
• disconsolate
• mirthless
• down
• crestfallen
• hangdog
• droopy
• disheartened
• inconsolable
• brokenhearted
• downhearted
• low-spirited
• heavyhearted

2

as in promising

having qualities which inspire hope

several upbeat signs that the economy is improving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promising
• bright
• optimistic
• hopeful
• encouraging
• rosy
• positive
• likely
• propitious
• auspicious
• heartening
• golden
• fair
• reassuring
• favorable
• good
• confident
• comforting
• rose-colored
• roseate
• soothing
• decisive
• sure
• bullish
• doubtless
• cheering
• assured
• unhesitating
• beamish
• eupeptic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pessimistic
• dark
• gloomy
• desperate
• depressing
• bleak
• unlikely
• discouraging
• dismal
• hopeless
• dreary
• unpromising
• inauspicious
• disheartening
• downbeat
• cheerless
• uncertain
• negative
• doubtful
• dubious
• unpropitious
• unfavorable
• grim
• unencouraging
• gray
• comfortless
• bearish
• grey
• glum
• miserable
• funereal
• wretched

Examples of upbeat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Cosmically Beautiful Sadness of SOPHIE’s Posthumous Album The producer’s absence lends a poignant melancholy to even the most upbeat tracks. —James Factora, Them, 27 Sep. 2024

The bright, upbeat topic helped meet her musical goals, too. —Tom Roland, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024

Kenny Dillingham has added more than a pinch of salt to his typically upbeat public assessments of his team over the past few weeks. —Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024

Though there is a playfulness to the track, with lyrics celebrating Ibiza party culture and designer clothes, Sophie’s passing lends an ineffable melancholy to even the most upbeat tracks on the record. —Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024