May happiness and joy come to you as you celebrate this joyous day.
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Joyous
//ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs//
Synonyms for "joyous" (146 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
4 entrieshas property
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
39 translations across 21 languages.
Basque
1 entries- alai adj (full of joy; happy)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ра́достен adj (full of joy; happy)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 喜悅 /喜悦 adj (full of joy; happy)
- 喜躍 /喜跃 adj (full of joy; happy)
- 快樂 /快乐 adj (full of joy; happy)
- 歡喜 /欢喜 adj (full of joy; happy)
Czech
1 entries- radostný adj (full of joy; happy)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĝoja adj (full of joy; happy)
Finnish
3 entries- iloinen adj (full of joy; happy)
- onnellinen adj (full of joy; happy)
- riemukas adj (full of joy; happy)
French
1 entries- joyeux adj (full of joy; happy)
Galician
1 entries- ledo adj (full of joy; happy)
Georgian
3 entries- ბედნიერი adj (full of joy; happy)
- მხიარული adj (full of joy; happy)
- სასიხარულო adj (full of joy; happy)
German
1 entries- freudig adj (full of joy; happy)
Hindi
1 entries- आनंदमय adj (full of joy; happy)
Hungarian
4 entries- boldog adj (full of joy; happy)
- jókedvű adj (full of joy; happy)
- vidám adj (full of joy; happy)
- örömteli adj (full of joy; happy)
Irish
1 entries- lúcháireach adj (full of joy; happy)
Latin
1 entries- gaudibundus adj (full of joy; happy)
Marathi
3 entries- आनंदपूर्ण adj (full of joy; happy)
- आनंदमय adj (full of joy; happy)
- सानंद adj (full of joy; happy)
Middle English
1 entries- blisful adj (full of joy; happy)
Māori
3 entries- hihiko adj (full of joy; happy)
- kamakama adj (full of joy; happy)
- matakuikui adj (full of joy; happy)
Old English
1 entries- wynfæst adj (full of joy; happy)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سرخوش adj (full of joy; happy)
Romanian
3 entries- jovial adj (full of joy; happy)
- vesel adj (full of joy; happy)
- voios adj (full of joy; happy)
Russian
1 entries- радостный adj (full of joy; happy)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
It falls to each of us to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy; to embrace the joyous task we've been given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours.
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Anne was curled up Turk-fashion on the hearthrug, gazing into that joyous glow where the sunshine of a hundred summers was being distilled from the maple cordwood.
Source: tatoeba (5834798)
"As they, returning, sport with joyous cry, / and flap their wings and circle in the sky, / e'en so thy vessels and each late-lost crew / safe now and scatheless in the harbour lie, / or, crowding canvas, hold the port in view."
Source: tatoeba (6789055)
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