Merry Christmas!
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Merry
//ˈmɛ.ɹi//
Synonyms for "merry" (155 found)
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Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
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3 entriesSynonyms
12 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
43 entriesShowing 16 of 43 words.
has context
1 entriesrelated to
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἱλαρός adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Arabic
2 entries- فَرِح adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- مَرِح adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Armenian
1 entries- ուրախ adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Belarusian
2 entries- вясё́лы adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- ра́ды adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Bulgarian
3 entries- весел adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- весел adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- оживен adj (brisk)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 愉快 adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Church Slavic
1 entries- веселъ adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Czech
1 entries- veselý adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Dutch
1 entries- vrolijk adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Esperanto
1 entries- gaja adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Faroese
1 entries- kátur adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Finnish
4 entries- hauska adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- hauska adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- reipas adj (brisk)
- rivakka adj (brisk)
French
1 entries- joyeux adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Galician
4 entries- albendeiro adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- algarufeiro adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- arrufado adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- arrufainado adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
German
3 entries- froh adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- fröhlich adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- gut gelaunt adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Hebrew
4 entries- נמרץ adj (brisk)
- עליז adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- ערני adj (brisk)
- שמח adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Hungarian
1 entries- vidám adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Ido
2 entries- joyala adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- joyoza adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Irish
1 entries- sona adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Italian
1 entries- allegro adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Japanese
2 entries- 明るい adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- 陽気な、賑々しい adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Korean
1 entries- 즐거운 adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Latin
4 entries- festivus adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- festus adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- gaudens adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- hilaris adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wjasoły adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Macedonian
1 entries- весел adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Middle English
4 entries- gameful adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- mery adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- mery adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- mery adj (brisk)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سرخوش adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Persian
4 entries- تند adj (brisk)
- سرمست adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- شاد adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- شادکام adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Polabian
1 entries- blåďütnĕ adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Polish
1 entries- wesoły adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Portuguese
2 entries- alegre adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- festivo adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
Romanian
1 entries- fericit adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Russian
4 entries- весёлый adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- весёлый adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- живо́й adj (brisk)
- оживлённый adj (brisk)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vȅseo adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- ве̏сео adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Slovak
1 entries- veselý adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Slovene
1 entries- vesel adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Spanish
3 entries- alegre adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- festivo adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- jacarandoso adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Swedish
1 entries- munter adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Tagalog
4 entries- maligaya adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- maligaya adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- masaya adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- masaya adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
Thai
4 entries- ครึกครื้น adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- ครึกครื้น adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- ครื้นเครง adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- รื่นเริง adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
Turkish
4 entries- kutlu adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- kutlu adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
- mutlu adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
- mutlu adj (festive and full of fun and laughter)
Ukrainian
1 entries- весе́лий adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vui adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
West-Frisian
1 entries- merie adj (jolly and full of high-spirits)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Let's sing some merry songs.
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Merry is scared of dogs.
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I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
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