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Synonyms for cheery

  • adjective

Most common

cheerful bright happy sunny

All synonyms

Adjective

cheerful, bright, happy, sunny, jolly, jovial, pleasant, joyous, merry, mellow, blithe, affable, sanguine, glad, comfortable, gay, joyful, lively, genial, elated, gladsome, blithesome

Antonyms

sad, cheerless, saturnine

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    In a good mood, happy, cheerful.

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Cheery or Cheering?

A cheery word spontaneously gives cheer to others; a cheering word is more distinctly planned to cheer and encourage.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • sunny A sunny weekend is perfect for a mountain getaway.
  • cheerful She is loved by everybody because she is cheerful.
  • jolly He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf.
  • jovial Santiago’s jovial mood angered Rima.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cheeryrising
sunnyrising
cheerfulrising
jollyrising
jovialrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
gay1
4 letters
glad1
5 letters
happy2, sunny2, merry2, jolly2
6 letters
bright1, lively2, joyful2, joyous2, mellow2, elated3, jovial3, genial2, blithe1
7 letters
affable3
8 letters
pleasant2, cheerful2, sanguine2, gladsome
10 letters
blithesome
11 letters
comfortable4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happy2 = 2 syllables).