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Synonyms for sunny

  • adjective

Most common

bright sunshiny cloudless shining cheerful cheery

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Day

bright, sunshiny, cloudless, shining, light, brilliant, clear, radiant, fine, unclouded

2. Cheerful

cheerful, cheery, pleasant, happy, mild, joyous, joyful, genial, gay

Other

warm, beautiful, sunlit, apricious dated rare

Antonyms

dark, wet, sunless

All antonyms of sunny →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Featuring a lot of sunshine.

    Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.

  2. adj. 2

    Receiving a lot of sunshine.

    I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.

Related words

Word family
sunnily sunniness
Phrases
sunny side up sunny uplands

Choose the right word

or Sunny?

A sunny disposition has a constant tranquil brightness that irradiates all who come within its influence.

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

Example sentences

  • brilliant Even if it's not true, it's a brilliant invention.
  • shining Yoshkar-Ola, Mari city, you're shining with glory.
  • cloudless The sun was beating down from a cloudless sky.
  • sunshiny I'm so glad that it's a sunshiny morning.
  • cheerful She is loved by everybody because she is cheerful.
  • cheery He seems cheery but, on the contrary, he is sad.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sunnyrising
brilliantsteady
shiningrising
cloudlessrising
sunshinyrising
cheerfulrising

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

By length

3 letters
gay1
4 letters
fine1, warm1, mild1
5 letters
light1, happy2, clear1
6 letters
bright1, joyful2, joyous2, cheery2, genial2, sunlit2
7 letters
shining2, radiant3
8 letters
pleasant2, cheerful2, sunshiny3
9 letters
beautiful3, brilliant2, cloudless2, unclouded, apricious

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

In other languages

Français
ensoleillé
Italiano
soleggiato
Deutsch
sonnig