Definition of CHEERFUL

cheerful

Meanings

Adjective

  • being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
    • "her cheerful nature"
    • "a cheerful greeting"
    • "a cheerful room"
    • "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

Adjective Satellite

  • pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic

Adj

  • Noticeably happy and optimistic.
  • Bright and pleasant.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English chereful, cherful, equivalent to cheer + -ful.

Synonyms

berserk, blissed out, blithe, blithesome, bonnie, bright, bubbly, buoyant, cheerful, cheerly, cheery, chuffed, cock-a-hoop, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ebullient, ecstatic, elated, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, fat and happy, gassed, gay, gayful, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, happy, happy as a clam, happy as a clam at high water, happy as a lark, happy as a pig in mud, happy as a pig in shit, happy as a prince, happy as Larry, happy as the day is long, hearty, high on life, jovial, joyful, merry, merry as a cricket, merry as a grig, mirthsome, on cloud nine, optimistic, over the moon, overjoyed, overjoyous, pacific, perky, placated, pleased, pollyannaish, satisfied, thrilled, tickled pink, triumphant, upbeat, vivacious, wealful

Scrabble Score: 16

cheerful is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cheerful is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cheerful is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

cheerful is a valid Words With Friends word