Gleeful: alternatives and connections

Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

of Elate

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.

Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart.

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.

Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.

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.