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Synonyms for mirth

Most common

glee hilarity merriment jollity

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Noun

1. Merriment — the emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter

merriment, hilarity, glee, jollity, joy, laughter, gladness, happiness, delight, joyfulness, cheerfulness, exuberance, festivity, elation, cheer, fun, felicity, high spirits, joviality, joyousness, gleefulness, mirthfulness

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter.

Forms

Plural
mirths → merriments, hilarities, glees, jollities…

Example sentences

  • 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.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mirthrising
gleerising
hilarityrising
merrimentrising
jollityrising

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

By length

3 letters
fun1, joy1
4 letters
glee1
5 letters
cheer1
7 letters
delight2, elation3, jollity
8 letters
laughter2, felicity4, hilarity4, gladness
9 letters
happiness3, merriment, festivity4, joviality
10 letters
exuberance4, joyfulness, joyousness
11 letters
gleefulness
12 letters
cheerfulness3, mirthfulness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (delight2 = 2 syllables).