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Cheerfulness

Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

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Attribute 76% connected

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Happiness 76% connected

Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Buoyancy 76% connected

The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compar…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Insouciance 76% connected

Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.

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Blithe 74% connected

Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blithe 74% connected

Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit.

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Cheer 74% connected

The face; the countenance or its expression.

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Cheer 74% connected

The face; the countenance or its expression.

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Containing whole 2

Disposition 70% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Temperament 70% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Cheerful 66% connected

Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cheerful 66% connected

Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

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Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Cheerless 66% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Cheerless 66% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Blitheness 92% connected

The state of being blithe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cheer 92% connected

The face; the countenance or its expression.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sunniness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sunny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sunshine 92% connected

The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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