Glad

/ɡlæd/

Synonyms for "glad" (123 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Adjective(2 words)

animating beaming beatific beatified beautiful blessed blissful blithe blithesome brightbright and sunnycapering charmed cheerful cheering cheery chirping chuffed comfortable content

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contented cozy dancing

Strong matches (37)

delighted eager easy ecstatic elated elevated encouraging enlivening eupeptic euphoric exalted exhilarated exhilarating exultantfavorably impressed withflushedflushed with joygay genial gladdening

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gladsome gleeful glowing gratified happyheart warmingheart-warming heartening high hilarious

Adjective(4 words)

delighted eager fainest felice

Adverb(1 words)

fain

Noun(2 words)

gladiola gladiolus

Related words (61)

hopefulin cloverin good spiritsin high spiritsinclined inspiring inspiriting intrigued invigorating irrepressible jocund jolly jovial joyful joyous keen laughing leaping lighthearted merry

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mirthful nonchalantof good cheeroptimistic overjoyed pleasant pleasedpleased as punchpleased withpurring radiant readyready and willingrejoiced riant rollicking rosy sanguine sanguineous satisfied singing smiling smirkingsold onsparklingstarry eyedstarry-eyed sunnytaken withthrice happythrilled tickledtickled pinktickled to deathwell-disposed winsome

Adverb(1 words)

lief

Adjective(3 words)

pleased ready willing

Noun(1 words)

sword lily

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

6 entries

affect attitudeemotional stateiridaceous plantmodality volition

More specific

6 entries

amenable delighted eager overjoyed pleased prepared

Collocations

5 entries

glad handglad ragsglad tidingsgladhanding gladness

Inflections

2 entries

gladder gladdest

Derivations

8 entries

gladden gladdened gladdening gladdens gladly gladness gladsome gladsomeness

Antonyms

1 entries

sad

similar

6 entries

cheerful gladsome grateful happy thankful willing

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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He would be glad to hear that.

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I'm glad to see you back.

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I was glad to hear of your success.

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I am glad to hear of your success.

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