He would be glad to hear that.
Source: tatoeba (1736)
Glad
//ɡlæd//
Synonyms for "glad" (125 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
Verb(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (62)
highhilarioushopefulin cloverin good spiritsin high spiritsinclinedinspiringinspiritingintriguedinvigoratingirrepressiblejocundjollyjovialjoyfuljoyouskeenlaughingleaping
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lightheartedmerrymirthfulnonchalantof good cheeroptimisticoverjoyedpleasantpleased as punchpleased withpurringradiantreadyready and willingrejoicedriantrollickingrosysanguinesanguineoussatisfiedsingingsmilingsmirkingsold onsparklingstarry eyedstarry-eyedsunnytaken withthrice happythrilledtickledtickled pinktickled to deathwell-disposedwinsome
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
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1 entriesAntonyms
13 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
has property
1 entriesrelated to
72 entriesShowing 16 of 72 words.
similar
8 entriesTranslations
125 translations across 57 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gëzuar adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Arabic
1 entries- فَرِح adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şad adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Bashkir
1 entries- шат adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Belarusian
3 entries- задаво́лены adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- ра́ды adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- шчаслі́вы adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дово́лен adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- охотен adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- ра́достен adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- склонен adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Burmese
2 entries- ပျော် adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- ဝမ်းသာ adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Catalan
2 entries- alegre adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- content adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پێخۆشحاڵ adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Chamicuro
1 entries- pya'kijnani adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 高興 /高兴 adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 高興 /高兴 adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Czech
3 entries- radostný adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- rád adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- šťastný adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Danish
1 entries- glad adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Dutch
3 entries- blij adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- gevallig adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- verheugd adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĝoja adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Faroese
2 entries- glað adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- glaður adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Finnish
1 entries- onnellinen adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
French
2 entries- content adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- heureux adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
German
4 entries- freudig adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- froh adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- fröhlich adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- glücklich adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Greek
1 entries- χαρούμενος adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Hindi
4 entries- ख़ुश adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- प्रसन्न adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- मगन adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- मुदित adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Hungarian
3 entries- boldog adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- vidám adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- örül adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Icelandic
1 entries- glaður adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Interlingua
1 entries- gaudiose adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Irish
2 entries- áthasach adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- áthasúil adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Italian
4 entries- appagato adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- compiaciuto adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- lieto adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- soddisfatto adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Japanese
1 entries- 嬉しい adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Korean
2 entries- 기쁘다 adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- 반갑다 adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Lao
1 entries- ຍິນດີ adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Latgalian
1 entries- prīceigs adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Latin
2 entries- gāvīsus adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- laetus adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Latvian
1 entries- priecīgs adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Lithuanian
1 entries- džiaugsmingas adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Macedonian
1 entries- задоволен adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Megleno-Romanian
1 entries- bucuros adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Māori
1 entries- uruhau adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Nahuatl
2 entries- paqui adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- paquini adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- froo adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- schaftich adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Polish
4 entries- rad adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- szczęśliwy adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- uradowany adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- usatysfakcjonowany adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Portuguese
4 entries- alegre adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- contente adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- feliz adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- grato adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Romanian
2 entries- bucuros adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- vesel adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Russian
4 entries- дово́льный adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- ра́достный adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- рад adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- счастли́вый adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zȁdovōljan adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- за̏дово̄љан adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Slovak
2 entries- rád adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- šťastný adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Slovene
1 entries- vesel adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Spanish
4 entries- alegre adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- chocho adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- contento adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- gustoso adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Swedish
3 entries- belåten adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- glad adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- nöjd adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Tagalog
1 entries- natutuwa adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Tatar
1 entries- шат adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Thai
4 entries- กระหยิ่ม adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- กรุ้มกริ่ม adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- ชื่น adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- ดีใจ adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Ukrainian
4 entries- задово́лений adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- ра́дий adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- ра́дісний adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- щасли́вий adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Vietnamese
3 entries- vui adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- vui lòng adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- vui mừng adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Volapük
1 entries- fredik adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Walloon
2 entries- binåjhe adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
- contin adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- barbornenin adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Yiddish
1 entries- צופֿרידן adj (happy, pleased, satisfied)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
I'm glad to see you back.
Source: tatoeba (2441)
I was glad to hear of your success.
Source: tatoeba (17020)
I am glad to hear of your success.
Source: tatoeba (17027)
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.