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Merry

Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.

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Energetic 84% connected

Alt. of Energetical

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

Energetic 84% connected

Alt. of Energetical

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Joyous 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Joyous 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Synonym 13

Alert 92% connected

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Brisk 92% connected

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Festal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Festive 92% connected

Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gay 92% connected

Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.

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.

Jocund 92% connected

Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.

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.

Jolly 92% connected

Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jovial 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lively 92% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mirthful 92% connected

Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rattling 92% connected

of Rattle

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snappy 92% connected

Snappish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spanking 92% connected

of Spank

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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