Synonyms for gaiety
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Noun
1. Merriment — the state of being happy or merry
merriment, exuberance, cheerfulness, jollity, mirth, happiness, liveliness, joyfulness, felicity, frolic, hilarity, elation, delight, cheer, gladness, glee, good humor, high spirits, game, joviality, cheeriness, joyousness
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Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being happy or merry.
There was much gaiety at the ball.
Related words
- Other spellings
- gayety
Forms
- Plural
- gaieties → merriments, exuberances, cheerfulnesses, jollities…
Choose the right word
Gaiety is more superficial than joy, more demonstrative than gladness.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- exuberance What exuberance in gesture and tone!
- merriment There is no time for merriment.
- cheerfulness His character doesn't include cheerfulness.
- playfulness Such playfulness is characteristic of Mr Baker.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gaiety | falling | |
| exuberance | rising | |
| merriment | rising | |
| cheerfulness | rising | |
| jollity | rising | |
| playfulness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- game1, glee1
- 5 letters
- cheer1, mirth1
- 6 letters
- frolic2
- 7 letters
- delight2, elation3, jollity
- 8 letters
- felicity4, hilarity4, gladness
- 9 letters
- happiness3, merriment, joviality
- 10 letters
- exuberance4, liveliness3, joyfulness, cheeriness, joyousness
- 11 letters
- playfulness3
- 12 letters
- cheerfulness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (frolic2 = 2 syllables).