Definition for Jolly:

• full of or showing high- spirited merriment; " when hearts were young and gay"; " a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; " the jolly crowd at the reunion"; " jolly old Saint Nick"; " a jovial old gentleman"; " have a merry Christmas"; " peals of merry laughter"; " a mirthful laugh"

Synonyms for Jolly:

• adj.

  •amusing (adjective)
  • frivolous,
  • charming,
  • delightful,
  • pleasing,
  • Light-hearted,
  • recreational,
  • Distracting,
  • fun,
  • beguiling,
  • enthralling,
  • hilarious,
  • relaxing,
  • amusing,
  • refreshing,
  • rollicking,
  • diverting,
  • playful,
  • entertaining,
  • stimulating.
  •blithe (adjective)
  • gladsome,
  • chirpy.
  •bright (adjective)
  • lively.
  •cheerful (adjective)
  • buoyant,
  • affable,
  • optimistic,
  • perky,
  • friendly,
  • agreeable,
  • in high spirits,
  • sunny,
  • glad,
  • jocund,
  • amiable,
  • easygoing,
  • cordial,
  • sparkling,
  • spirited,
  • bright,
  • congenial,
  • jaunty,
  • in good spirits,
  • complaisant,
  • snappy,
  • cheery,
  • pleased,
  • warm.
  •enthusiastic (adjective)
  • high-spirited.
  •jovial (adjective)
  • lots of laughs,
  • Larking.
  •joyous (adjective)
  • heartwarming.
  •laughing, joyful (adjective)
  • chipper,
  • jubilant,
  • Daffy,
  • sportive,
  • zippy,
  • enjoyable,
  • joshing,
  • frolicsome,
  • bouncy.
  •pleasurable (adjective)
  • blissful,
  • favorable,
  • fine,
  • enlivening,
  • ambrosial,
  • bonny,
  • delectable,
  • pleasurable,
  • sweet,
  • unobjectionable,
  • enchanting.

• adv

  •highly (adverb)
  • surpassingly,
  • hugely.

• adv.

  •highly (adverb)
  • highly,
  • terribly,
  • extremely,
  • extraordinarily,
  • very much.

• n.

  •
  • attractive,
  • restful,
  • lovely.
  •
  • company,
  • fringe,
  • DO,
  • boon,
  • competition,
  • event,
  • evening.
  •
  • satisfied,
  • alive,
  • content,
  • contented,
  • exuberant,
  • carefree.
  •celebration (noun)
  • merrymaking.
  •jolly (noun)
  • banter,
  • pretty,
  • josh.

• Other synonyms:

  •flatter
  • overpraise,
  • sweet-talk,
  • Beslaver.
  •inveigle
  • overdo it,
  • soften up.
  •jocular
  • facetious.
  •Other relevant words:
  • debonair,
  • joyfully,
  • dingy,
  • joyously,
  • gratification,
  • sensibly,
  • maudlin,
  • fairly,
  • delight,
  • not difficult,
  • devil dog,
  • ferryman,
  • hoax,
  • giddy,
  • glorious,
  • muddled,
  • beery,
  • baby,
  • joy,
  • bargeman,
  • buxom,
  • fleshy,
  • radiant,
  • Inebrious,
  • benign,
  • ludicrous,
  • darned,
  • full,
  • mischievous,
  • frightfully,
  • Sotted,
  • court,
  • ferry,
  • spoil,
  • let off steam,
  • Bawcock,
  • goodly,
  • oar,
  • truly,
  • enthusiastic,
  • needle,
  • fair,
  • rather,
  • Chopping,
  • thumping,
  • sunnily,
  • FOU,
  • cheer up,
  • mellow,
  • under the influence,
  • cog,
  • pleasantly,
  • brawny,
  • That,
  • iceboat,
  • inebriate,
  • hysterical,
  • drunken,
  • coax,
  • colossally,
  • coltish,
  • bone,
  • encouraged,
  • skiff,
  • mirthfully,
  • gleefully,
  • bouncing,
  • completely,
  • jollity,
  • clean,
  • homophile,
  • deceive,
  • jovially,
  • successful,
  • comical,
  • brisk,
  • frogman,
  • kowtow,
  • gaily,
  • tarpaulin,
  • right smart,
  • whoop it up,
  • festival,
  • squab,
  • full-grown,
  • in good condition,
  • Drogher,
  • spanking,
  • animated,
  • on the loose,
  • seaman,
  • exultant,
  • please,
  • good fellow,
  • airy,
  • real,
  • alert,
  • rejoice,
  • peppy,
  • mollify,
  • brave,
  • brightly,
  • bargee,
  • dizzy,
  • guy,
  • much,
  • jocundly,
  • gig,
  • charm,
  • cruiser,
  • bully,
  • boot,
  • ever,
  • exceedingly,
  • lick the dust,
  • risible,
  • adventurous,
  • honey,
  • delectation,
  • ebullient,
  • nimble,
  • sapid,
  • remarkably,
  • monstrous,
  • queer,
  • happily,
  • roguish,
  • life boat,
  • jauntily,
  • pander to,
  • rower,
  • revel,
  • curry favor with,
  • Beplaster,
  • wherry,
  • sanely,
  • raft,
  • sunlit,
  • Roaringly,
  • really,
  • flustered,
  • welcome,
  • nice,
  • Glaver,
  • fawn on,
  • well-fed,
  • persuade,
  • fete,
  • salt,
  • midshipman,
  • lighterman,
  • wanton,
  • resilient,
  • glee,
  • Gleesome,
  • drenched,
  • Reeling,
  • soothe,
  • frisky,
  • upbeat,
  • laughter-loving,
  • disposed,
  • somewhat,
  • make whoopee,
  • breezy,
  • contentment,
  • butter,
  • blisteringly,
  • pontoon,
  • humor,
  • hopeful,
  • totally,
  • braw,
  • bluejacket,
  • rhapsodic,
  • raise hell,
  • comic,
  • right,
  • specially,
  • celebratory,
  • overjoyed,
  • roister,
  • manipulate,
  • debauch,
  • scow,
  • haze,
  • proper,
  • dulcet,
  • crapulous,
  • deeply,
  • put on,
  • placate,
  • shipmate,
  • collogue,
  • mollycoddle,
  • delighted,
  • absolutely,
  • rejoicing,
  • middling,
  • pilot,
  • Ludibrious,
  • quite,
  • pleasure,
  • clipping,
  • vastly,
  • longshoreman,
  • butter up,
  • ice yacht,
  • gratify,
  • pamper,
  • boatman,
  • entirely,
  • luscious,
  • nappy,
  • leatherneck,
  • outgoing,
  • oarsman,
  • ecstatic,
  • spree,
  • falstaffian,
  • bemused,
  • Shallop,
  • exhilarated,
  • step out,
  • skipper,
  • grovel,
  • addled,
  • hospitable,
  • dugout,
  • boatswain,
  • amuse,
  • cockleshell,
  • rail,
  • acutely,
  • laughable,
  • witty,
  • flatboat,
  • mortally,
  • Coble,
  • Droger,
  • beaming,
  • plump,
  • celebrate,
  • Prame,
  • intoxicated,
  • cadet,
  • cheerily,
  • Rompish,
  • blessed,
  • happiness,
  • comforting,
  • pinnace,
  • mightily,
  • euphoric,
  • Lusory,
  • blarney,
  • cut loose,
  • exhilarating,
  • profoundly,
  • stroke,
  • delightfully,
  • passably,
  • so,
  • slightly,
  • parlous,
  • coquet,
  • majorly,
  • light,
  • lucky,
  • besotted,
  • only too,
  • sailor,
  • fortunate,
  • altogether,
  • jollify,
  • prosperous,
  • properly,
  • seafarer,
  • incredibly,
  • evenhandedly,
  • steersman,
  • sodden,
  • encouraging,
  • damn,
  • blandish,
  • mortal,
  • Jocularly,
  • oil,
  • bloody,
  • festal,
  • indulge,
  • tasty,
  • humorous,
  • earwig,
  • gob,
  • waterman,
  • middy,
  • marine,
  • swabbie,
  • roast,
  • drunk,
  • devil,
  • rattling,
  • rib,
  • cheering,
  • up,
  • smiling,
  • satisfying,
  • Gloze,
  • hail-fellow-well-met,
  • jocose,
  • Galiot,
  • tiddly,
  • felicitous,
  • strapping,
  • cheerfully,
  • uncommonly,
  • lark,
  • outrigger,
  • tar,
  • blow off steam,
  • elated,
  • lightheartedly,
  • let loose,
  • blithely,
  • lose,
  • seduce,
  • bubbly,
  • navy man,
  • springy,
  • good,
  • coxswain,
  • joker,
  • heavenly,
  • brilliant,
  • savory,
  • grateful,
  • exhilarate,
  • launch,
  • string along,
  • fail,
  • happy-go-lucky,
  • too,
  • Beslubber,
  • exult,
  • Shipman,
  • blithesomely,
  • Kedge,
  • Gamesome,
  • moderately,
  • genially,
  • gala,
  • likeable,
  • palatable,
  • coddle,
  • cosset,
  • skylark,
  • in condition,
  • plumb,
  • rapturous,
  • comfort,
  • feast,
  • archly,
  • side-splitting,
  • lusty,
  • bleeding,
  • puff,
  • inebriated,
  • joviality,
  • appease,
  • pert,
  • Delightsome,
  • gallows,
  • perfectly,
  • crew,
  • reasonably,
  • heavily,
  • pet,
  • festivity,
  • dreamy,
  • let oneself go,
  • humour,
  • Recreative,
  • fool,
  • uproarious,
  • crapulent,
  • dory,
  • merrily,
  • Cockswain,
  • canal boat,
  • Randan,
  • stalwart,
  • fiercely,
  • jape,
  • canoe,
  • delicious,
  • laughing,
  • free,
  • burly,
  • tipsy,
  • beguile,
  • fawn upon,
  • awfully,
  • pay court to,
  • damned,
  • corpulent,
  • slaver,
  • stout,
  • punt,
  • fat,
  • darling,
  • lightsome,
  • boat,
  • navigator,
  • greatly,
  • unusually,
  • dexterous,
  • gratifying,
  • obese,
  • float,
  • urge,
  • gondolier,
  • able seaman,
  • enormously,
  • let go,
  • Rejoiced,
  • exceptionally,
  • very,
  • gladly,
  • ark,
  • bespatter,
  • carouse,
  • inclined,
  • mariner,
  • enjoyment,
  • far-gone,
  • just,
  • way,
  • portly.

Paraphrases for Jolly:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    entertaining, lovely, amusing, cheery, merry.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Jolie.
  • Adverb
    lovely, merry.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    joyful, joyous, enjoyable, happy, cheerful.
  • Adverb
    cheerful.

Antonyms for Jolly:

• adj.

  • laughing, joyful
    grave, upset, unpleasant, sad, dull, unfunny, worried, troubled, unhappy, serious, gloomy, depressed, unamusing, disagreeable.
  • Other antonyms:
    detestable, annoying, stale, exasperating, heartbreaking, regrettable, disgruntled, moody, repulsive, hostile, sobbing, groaning, heartrending, vexing, commonplace, abject, odious, lethargic, hateful, deplorable, infuriating, boring, inflaming, distressing, intimidating, hellish, ghastly, abominable, obnoxious, tedious, crying, dispirited, listless, tragic, abhorrent, torpid, sluggish, moaning, maddening, peeving, disturbing, horrid, lachrymose, repugnant, vile, bilious, yucky, Revulsive, god-awful, repellent, forbidding, insipid, perturbing, disgusting, aggrieved, irritating, aggravating, disheartening, flat, discontented, Pleasureless, Dissatisfying, incensing, upsetting, dull, disheartened, offensive, Outraging.

Homophones for Jolly:

• jollie, jolley.

Hyponym for Jolly:

• n.

  • event
    party.