Synonyms for exhilaration
Most common
All synonyms
Noun
1. Excitement
excitement, glee, hilarity, merriment, exaltation, gladness, cheerfulness, cheer, good humor, high spirits, good spirits, elation, exuberance, delight, joyfulness, mirth, jollity, felicity, gaiety dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
Related words
- Word family
- exhilarate
Forms
- Plural
- exhilarations → excitements, glees, hilarities, merriments…
Example sentences
- excitement Igor's excitement for exploring Algeria only grew.
- glee Ziri rubbed his hands together with villainous glee.
- hilarity Game nights were always filled with hilarity and fun.
- merriment There is no time for merriment.
- intoxication Buddhism forbids intoxication, and Judaism discourages it.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| exhilaration | rising | |
| excitement | rising | |
| glee | rising | |
| hilarity | rising | |
| merriment | rising | |
| intoxication | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- glee1
- 5 letters
- cheer1, mirth1
- 6 letters
- gaiety
- 7 letters
- delight2, elation3, jollity
- 8 letters
- felicity4, hilarity4, gladness
- 9 letters
- animation4, merriment
- 10 letters
- excitement3, exuberance4, exaltation, joyfulness
- 12 letters
- intoxication5, cheerfulness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (delight2 = 2 syllables).