| Joyous (a.) Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. Thesaurus Entries animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, buxom, capering, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chirping, convivial, dancing, ecstatic, encouraging, enlivening, exhilarating, festal, festive, flushed with joy, frivolous, gala, gay, glad, gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, happy, heart-warming, heartening, hilarious, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, laughing, laughter-loving, leaping, lighthearted, merry, merrymaking, mirth-loving, mirthful, on the loose, purring, radiant, rapturous, rejoicing, risible, singing, smiling, smirking, sparkling, starry-eyed, thrice happy, transported | ![]() |