English adjective: joyous | |||
| 1. | joyous full of or characterized by joy | ||
| Samples | Felt a joyous abandon. Joyous laughter. | ||
| Similar | ecstatic, elated, enraptured, festal, festive, gay, gay, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, jubilant, merry, merry, mirthful, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic | ||
| See also | elated, happy, joyful | ||
| Antonyms | joyless | ||