Jolly

/ˈd͡ʒɒli/

Synonyms for "jolly" (217 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Adjective(3 words)

addled animated appease banter beery bemused besotted blandish blarneyblind drunkblithe blithesome bluejacket boat boon boot bully butterbutter upbuxom

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cadet cajole canoe carouse celebrate chaff cheerful cheery coax coltish convivial crapulent crapulous cruisercut loosedebauch deceive deride dizzy

Verb(2 words)

banter chaff

Strong matches (65)

drenched drunk drunken effervescent exuberant facetiousfar gonefar-gone ferry festal festive flustered fool foufree and easyfrisky frivolous frogman frolicsome full

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fun gala gay genialget aroundgiddy glad gladsome gleeful glorious gob gyrenehail-fellow-well-methappy haze heartyhell aroundhigh spiritedhigh-spirited hilarious hoax honeyhorse marinehumorin liquorinebriate inebriated inebrious intoxicated jape jaunty jest jive jocose

Adjective(9 words)

emphatically exceedingly extremely exuberant festive gay gigglier highly immensely

Adverb(1 words)

fairly

Verb(1 words)

flatter

Related words (108)

jocular jocund joke jollify josh jovial joyful joyous jubilant kidkid alonglark laughter-lovinglay it onlay it on thickleathernecklet golet looselet off steamlight

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lightheartedmake merrymake whoopeemarine maudlin mellow merry merrymaking midshipman midshipmite mirth-loving mirthful mischievous muddled nappynaval cadetnaval reservistnavy manneedle oilon the looseoverdo itpaint the town redperfectly pertplay up toplayfulput onragraise hellrally razz reeling rejoicing revel rib ride risible roast roguish roisterroyal marineseabeesee lifeshikker skylark soap soddensoft soapsoft-soapsoften upsotted sportive spreestep outstring alongstroke sunny swabbie tease tiddly tipsy twitunder the influencewaggish wantonwhoop it up

Adjective(12 words)

jocund jovial joyful lively mirthful riotous sonsie strongly thoroughly truly upbeat very

Noun(1 words)

jolly boat

Verb(2 words)

josh kid

Adverb(6 words)

middling moderately passably pretty reasonably somewhat

Related word relations

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More general

19 entries

adverb bait coddegree modifierdescriptive adjectiveintensifiermood adjectivepartyphrase adverbrag rally razz ride tantalise tantalize taunt

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More specific

13 entries

boisterous cheerfulexceptionally goodextremelyextremely goodimmenselyjolly goodjolly welljoyous merry remarkably riotous uproarious

Collocations

10 entries

jolly atmospherejolly goodjolly good evidencejolly good reasonjolly good resultsjolly good sciencejolly good showjolly oldjolly rogerjolly well

Inflections

2 entries

jollier jolliest

Derivations

4 entries

jollify jollily jolliness jollity

similar

1 entries

joyous

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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The weather's rather jolly today.

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She was jolly well made to pay.

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You're a jolly good feller.

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Be joyful and merry for it's the jolly season.

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