What are the opposite words for depressed?
Depressed is an emotion that describes feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and low mood. However, there are many antonyms for the word depressed that describe the opposite feelings. Examples of antonyms for depressed include elated, happy, joyous, cheerful, excited, inspired, and enthralled. Each of these words represents a positive mindset, highlighting the difference between feeling down and feeling uplifted. It is important to recognize when we may be feeling depressed so that we can take steps to care for ourselves and seek support. By acknowledging our feelings, we can work towards experiencing more of the positive emotions that are the antithesis of depression.
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- deflected
- successful
- lively
- cheerful
- light
- convex
- enthusiastic
- hopeful
- content
- high
- bright
- strong
- joyful
- elevated
- blithe
- carefree
- confident
- disadvantaged
- diverted
- ebullient
- flushed
- gay
- gleaming
- happy
- irrepressible
- jovial
- overjoyed
- perky
- prominent
- sanguine
- sparkling
- spirited
- sprightly
- upbeat
- agile
- breezy
- buoyant
- convivial
- delighted
- discouraged
- ecstatic
- elated
- exhilarated
- exuberant
- exultant
- festive
- frisky
- funny
- genial
- glad
- intoxicated
- jaunty
- jocular
- jolly
- jubilant
- lavish
- lighthearted
- merry
- optimistic
- opulent
- playful
- rollicking
- rosy
- sunny
- triumphant
- physically or mentally nimble, deft
- pleasantly occupied
- entertained
- very happy
- gorgeous
- easy, lighthearted
- shining, glowing in appearance
- gratified
- fulfilled
- light in weight
- lighthearted, untroubled
- certain, assured
- happy, agreeable
- rounded, curving outward
- fun-loving
- stoic/stoical
- very happy, blissful
- enthusiastic, vivacious
- given hospitality
- energetic, enthusiastic
- decorated, celebratory
- tickled
- pink, glowing
- full of spirit
- extremely nice and happy
- beautiful, magnificent
- in high spirits; satisfied
- tall; at a great distance aloft
- optimistic, expectant
- extremely happy
- laughing, joyful
- profuse; splendid
- funny, cheery
- carefree, untroubled
- energetic, active, busy
- very happy; festive
- believing positively
- rich, luxurious, profuse
- lively, vigorous
- sticking out; conspicuous
- promising, advantageous
- fun-loving, lively
- cheerful, hopeful
- happy; optimistic
- lively, vivacious
- fun, vivacious
- forceful on the senses
- friendly, kind
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- deflected
- successful
- lively
- cheerful
- light
- convex
- enthusiastic
-
hopeful
- forward-looking,
- trustful,
- forwardlooking,
- in spirited,
- in-spirited,
- keeping faith,
- keeping the faith,
- looking forward to,
- more anticipating,
- more emboldened,
- more forward looking,
- more forward-looking,
- more forwardlooking,
- more inspirited,
- more trustful,
- most anticipating,
- most emboldened,
- most forward looking,
- most forwardlooking,
- most inspirited,
- most reassured,
- most trustful,
- re assured,
- re-assured,
- rose colored,
- rosecolored,
- un-flagging.
- content
-
high
- altitudinous,
- High-reaching,
- skyscraping,
- tanked,
- extra ordinary,
- extra-ordinary,
- high pitched,
- high priced,
- highpitched,
- highpriced,
- highreaching,
- more altitudinous,
- more high reaching,
- more high-reaching,
- more highreaching,
- more hovering,
- more intensified,
- more reeking,
- more sky scraping,
- more sky-scraping,
- more tanked,
- more uplifted,
- more upraised,
- most altitudinous,
- most high reaching,
- most high-reaching,
- most highreaching,
- most hovering,
- most intensified,
- most reeking,
- most sky scraping,
- most sky-scraping,
- most soprano,
- most tanked,
- most uplifted,
- most upraised,
- on a trip,
- on trip,
- re eking,
- re-eking,
- sky high,
- sky scraping,
- sky-scraping,
- skyhigh,
- un usual,
- un-usual,
- up lifted,
- up raised,
- up-lifted,
- up-raised.
-
bright
- aglow,
- auroral,
- fulgid,
- hued,
- moonlit,
- palmy,
- phosphorescent,
- razzle-dazzle,
- silvery,
- sunlit,
- Clear-headed,
- Relucent,
- palmiest,
- eggheaded,
- glitzy,
- wideawake,
- clear headed,
- glitziest,
- having smarts,
- in candescent,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- more aglow,
- more alight,
- more burnished,
- more clear-headed,
- more coruscating,
- more eggheaded,
- more einstein,
- more fulgid,
- more illumined,
- more irradiated,
- more joyous,
- more lighted,
- more mirrorlike,
- more moonlit,
- more razzle dazzle,
- more razzle-dazzle,
- more razzledazzle,
- more relucent,
- more silvery,
- more tinged,
- most aglow,
- most alight,
- most auroral,
- most clear headed,
- most clear-headed,
- most eggheaded,
- most einstein,
- most flashing,
- most fulgid,
- most hued,
- most illumined,
- most irradiated,
- most joyous,
- most mirrorlike,
- most moonlit,
- most phosphorescent,
- most razzle dazzle,
- most razzle-dazzle,
- most razzledazzle,
- most relucent,
- most silvery,
- most sunlit,
- most tinged,
- palmier,
- razzle dazzle,
- razzledazzle,
- re lucent,
- re-lucent,
- re-splendent,
- trans lucent,
- trans parent,
- trans-lucent,
- trans-parent,
- un clouded,
- wide awake.
-
strong
- unmixed,
- strong-flavored,
- highly flavored,
- full bodied,
- fullbodied,
- more inebriating,
- more strong flavored,
- more strong-flavored,
- more strongflavored,
- more unmixed,
- most inebriating,
- most strong flavored,
- most strong-flavored,
- most strongflavored,
- most unmixed,
- strong flavored,
- strongflavored,
- un diluted,
- un mixed,
- un-diluted,
- un-mixed.
- joyful
- elevated
- blithe
- carefree
- confident
- disadvantaged
-
diverted
- taken over,
- reclassified,
- redirected,
- rebudgeted,
- rechanneled,
- taken away,
- turned aside,
- more averted,
- more preempted,
- more rebudgeted,
- more reclassified,
- more redirected,
- more sidetracked,
- most averted,
- most preempted,
- most rebudgeted,
- most rechanneled,
- most reclassified,
- most redirected,
- most sidetracked,
- re budgeted,
- re channeled,
- re directed,
- re-budgeted,
- re-channeled,
- re-classified,
- re-directed.
- ebullient
- flushed
- gay
- gleaming
- happy
-
irrepressible
- irrepressible,
- unquenchable,
- unstoppable,
- Insuppressible,
- Rhapsodical,
- Unrestrainable,
- uncontainable,
- in suppressible,
- in-suppressible,
- more insuppressible,
- more rhapsodical,
- more uncontainable,
- more unrestrainable,
- more unstoppable,
- most insuppressible,
- most rhapsodical,
- most uncontainable,
- most unrestrainable,
- most unstoppable,
- tumultous tumultuous,
- tumultous-tumultuous,
- tumultoustumultuous,
- un containable,
- un controllable,
- un manageable,
- un quenchable,
- un restrainable,
- un stoppable,
- un-containable,
- un-controllable,
- un-manageable,
- un-quenchable,
- un-restrainable,
- un-restrained,
- un-stoppable.
- jovial
- overjoyed
- perky
-
prominent
- beetling,
- extrusive,
- protrusive,
- well-thought-of,
- world-class,
- big-name,
- pre-eminent,
- in the foreground,
- big-shot,
- bigleague,
- bigname,
- bigshot,
- easily seen,
- ex tended,
- ex-tended,
- eye catching,
- eyecatching,
- fore most,
- fore-most,
- high-profile,
- highprofile,
- in foreground,
- more beetling,
- more big name,
- more big shot,
- more big-name,
- more bigname,
- more bigshot,
- more embossed,
- more extrusive,
- more high profile,
- more high-profile,
- more highprofile,
- more prominent,
- more protrusive,
- more underlined,
- more well thought of,
- more world class,
- more world-class,
- more worldclass,
- most beetling,
- most big name,
- most big-name,
- most big-shot,
- most bigname,
- most bigshot,
- most embossed,
- most extrusive,
- most high profile,
- most high-profile,
- most highprofile,
- most protruding,
- most protrusive,
- most underlined,
- most well thought of,
- most well-thought-of,
- most world class,
- most world-class,
- most worldclass,
- out standing,
- out-standing,
- pre eminent,
- shooting out,
- the fore,
- to fore,
- to the fore,
- top-pest,
- un mistakable,
- un-mistakable,
- under lined,
- under-lined,
- well known,
- well thought of,
- wellknown,
- world class,
- worldclass.
- sanguine
- sparkling
- spirited
- sprightly
- upbeat
-
agile
- Spright,
- easy-moving,
- easy moving,
- easymoving,
- more bustling,
- more easy moving,
- more easymoving,
- most bustling,
- most easy moving,
- most easy-moving,
- most easymoving,
- quick draw,
- quick on draw,
- quick on the draw,
- quick on the trigger,
- quick on trigger,
- quick the draw,
- quick the trigger,
- quick trigger,
- quick witted,
- quickwitted,
- sprighter,
- sprightest,
- twinkle toes.
- breezy
- buoyant
-
convivial
- clubby,
- Conversible,
- backslapping,
- back slapping,
- back-slapping,
- clubbier,
- clubbiest,
- glad handering,
- glad-handering,
- more back slapping,
- more backslapping,
- more conversible,
- more glad handering,
- more glad-handering,
- more gladhandering,
- most back slapping,
- most back-slapping,
- most conversible,
- most festal,
- most glad-handering,
- most gladhandering,
- most holiday.
- delighted
-
discouraged
- above,
- blessed,
- bulging,
- cheerful,
- comforted,
- convex,
- decent,
- encouraged,
- flourishing,
- fortunate,
- glad,
- happy,
- joyous,
- lucky,
- optimistic,
- prosperous,
- raised,
- rich,
- satisfied,
- unburdened,
- heartened,
- gay,
- pushed up.
- ecstatic
- elated
- exhilarated
- exuberant
- exultant
- festive
- frisky
- funny
- genial
- glad
- intoxicated
- jaunty
- jocular
- jolly
- jubilant
- lavish
- lighthearted
- merry
- optimistic
- opulent
- playful
- rollicking
- rosy
- sunny
- triumphant
- physically or mentally nimble, deft
- pleasantly occupied
- entertained
- very happy
-
gorgeous
- beaut,
- centerfold,
- lulu,
- splendiferous,
- drop-dead,
- easy on the eyes,
- beauter,
- beautest,
- de lightful,
- de-lightful,
- dreamest,
- dropdead,
- easy eyes,
- easy the eyes,
- good looking,
- goodlooking,
- more centerfold,
- more drop dead,
- more drop-dead,
- more knockout,
- more lulu,
- most centerfold,
- most drop dead,
- most drop-dead,
- most dropdead,
- most lulu,
- most splendiferous.
- easy, lighthearted
- shining, glowing in appearance
-
gratified
- PERF,
- brought to a close,
- brought a close,
- brought close,
- brought to close,
- dis patched,
- dis-patched,
- more achieved,
- more actualized,
- more attained,
- more concluded,
- more consummated,
- more crowned,
- more dispatched,
- more effected,
- more effectuated,
- more obtained,
- most achieved,
- most actualized,
- most attained,
- most concluded,
- most consummated,
- most crowned,
- most dispatched,
- most effectuated,
- most obtained,
- perfer,
- perfest.
- fulfilled
- light in weight
- lighthearted, untroubled
- certain, assured
- happy, agreeable
- rounded, curving outward
- fun-loving
- stoic/stoical
- very happy, blissful
- enthusiastic, vivacious
- given hospitality
- energetic, enthusiastic
- decorated, celebratory
- tickled
- pink, glowing
- full of spirit
- extremely nice and happy
- beautiful, magnificent
- in high spirits; satisfied
-
tall; at a great distance aloft
- high.
- optimistic, expectant
- extremely happy
- laughing, joyful
- profuse; splendid
- funny, cheery
- carefree, untroubled
- energetic, active, busy
- very happy; festive
- believing positively
- rich, luxurious, profuse
- lively, vigorous
- sticking out; conspicuous
- promising, advantageous
- fun-loving, lively
-
cheerful, hopeful
- rosy.
- happy; optimistic
- lively, vivacious
- fun, vivacious
- forceful on the senses
-
friendly, kind
- warm.
-
Other relevant words
- crank,
- fat cat,
- exalted,
- advantaged,
- animated,
- ballooning,
- beaming,
- blessed,
- bloated,
- blown-up,
- boon,
- bouncing,
- bulbous,
- bulging,
- carefree,
- careless,
- cavalier,
- coddled,
- comfortable,
- convex,
- devil-may-care,
- domed,
- easygoing,
- encouraged,
- energetic,
- enlarged,
- excited,
- expanded,
- extended,
- fortunate,
- frisky,
- gladdened,
- global,
- globular,
- grinning,
- happy-go-lucky,
- high,
- hopeful,
- inflated,
- insouciant,
- jaunty,
- jutting,
- lighthearted,
- lightsome,
- lively,
- lucky,
- optimistic,
- overjoyed,
- pampered,
- peppy,
- perky,
- privileged,
- projecting,
- propertied,
- protruding,
- protrusive,
- protuberant,
- puffed,
- puffy,
- risen,
- rosy,
- round,
- rounded,
- sanguine,
- smiling,
- spherical,
- spirited,
- spoiled,
- sprightly,
- springy,
- swollen,
- thick,
- thrilled,
- unconcerned,
- vital,
- zippy,
- Buoyed,
- Sprightful,
- heartened.
-
Other antonyms
- bright,
- light,
- peaceful,
- warm,
- first class,
- easy-going.
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
