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Synonyms for overjoyed

  • adjective

Most common

delighted thrilled ecstatic elated elate

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Elated — very happy

elated, delighted, thrilled, ecstatic, happy, joyful, glad, enraptured, gleeful, exultant, euphoric, exuberant, blissful, tickled pink informal, rapt, transported, cock-a-hoop, jubilant, joyous, cheerful, merry, gladsome

Other

elate

Antonyms

sad, solemn, cheerless

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very happy.

    After a long, arduous trek, we were overjoyed to catch sight of our destination at last.

Example sentences

  • delighted The very idea of being sent abroad delighted them.
  • thrilled I thought that Tom would be thrilled to see Mary.
  • ecstatic The day they ban leaf blowers, I'll be ecstatic.
  • elated He became very elated at the news.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
overjoyedrising
delightedsteady
thrilledrising
ecstaticrising
elatedrising
elatefalling

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

By length

4 letters
glad1, rapt1
5 letters
happy2, merry2, elate2
6 letters
joyful2, joyous2, elated3
7 letters
gleeful2
8 letters
thrilled1, cheerful2, ecstatic3, blissful2, euphoric3, jubilant3, exultant3, gladsome
9 letters
delighted3, exuberant4
10 letters
enraptured3
11 letters
transported3

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