Englishjovial
adjective
a stout, jovial man |
his jovial manner:
cheerful, jolly, happy, cheery, good-humored, convivial, genial, good-natured, friendly, amiable, affable, sociable, outgoing, clubbable;
smiling, grinning, laughing, mirthful, merry, sunny, bright, joyful, high-spirited, exuberant, ebullient, lively, vivacious, full of life, sprightly, jaunty, breezy;
happy-go-lucky, carefree, unworried, untroubled, without a care in the world, full of the joys of spring, fun-loving, buoyant, optimistic, positive;
informal chipper, chirpy, perky, smiley, upbeat, peppy, sparky, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, full of beans, full of vim and vigor;
North American, informal peart;
dated gay;
literary gladsome, jocund, joyous, jocose, blithe, blithesome;
archaic of good cheer, perk, as merry/lively as a grig;
rare Pickwickian.
▷antonyms miserable, gloomy.