Synonyms for cheeriness
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Noun
cheerfulness, happiness, gladness, glee, jollity, delight, felicity, exuberance, elation, mirth, merriment, joyfulness, joyousness, blitheness, gaiety dated, liss dated
Definitions
- n. 1
the state of being cheery
Forms
- Plural
- cheerinesses → cheerfulnesses, happinesses, gladnesses, glees…
Example sentences
- happiness To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.
- glee Ziri rubbed his hands together with villainous glee.
- gladness The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
- cheerfulness His character doesn't include cheerfulness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| cheeriness | rising | |
| happiness | rising | |
| glee | rising | |
| gladness | rising | |
| cheerfulness | rising | |
| jollity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- glee1, liss1
- 5 letters
- mirth1
- 6 letters
- gaiety
- 7 letters
- delight2, elation3, jollity
- 8 letters
- felicity4, gladness
- 9 letters
- happiness3, merriment
- 10 letters
- exuberance4, joyfulness, joyousness, blitheness
- 12 letters
- cheerfulness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (delight2 = 2 syllables).