Meanings
comparative joyfuller · comparative more joyful · superlative joyfullest · superlative most joyful · alternative joyfull
- Feeling or causing joy.
Her joyful smile lit up the room.
1 more example
The children were joyful on the first day of summer break.
Synonyms: delighted, joyous, air-headed, blissed out, blissful, enrapt, rapt, cock-a-hoop
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFeeling or causing joy.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سَعِيد, مُفْرِح
- سَعِيد (saʕīd)feeling or causing joy
- مُفْرِح (mufriḥ)feeling or causing joy
- مَسْرُور (masrūr)feeling or causing joy
Bulgarian ра́достен, ве́сел
- ра́достен (rádosten)feeling or causing joy
- ве́сел (vésel)feeling or causing joy
Catalan joiós
- joiósfeeling or causing joy
Chinese Mandarin 快樂 /快乐
- 快樂 /快乐 (kuàilè)feeling or causing joy
Czech radostný, veselý
- radostnýfeeling or causing joy
- veselýfeeling or causing joy
Finnish iloinen
- iloinenfeeling or causing joy
French allègre, joyeux
- allègrefeeling or causing joy
- joyeuxfeeling or causing joy
German freudig, erfreulich
- freudigfeeling or causing joy
- erfreulichfeeling or causing joy
- erfreutfeeling or causing joy
Hebrew שָׂמֵחַ
- שָׂמֵחַ (saméaẖ)feeling or causing joy
Hindi हर्षित, आनंदित
- हर्षित (harṣit)feeling or causing joy
- आनंदित (ānandit)feeling or causing joy
Hungarian vidám, örömteli
- vidámfeeling or causing joy
- örömtelifeeling or causing joy
- örvendetesfeeling or causing joy
Irish aiteasach, áthasach
- aiteasachfeeling or causing joy
- áthasachfeeling or causing joy
- áthasúilfeeling or causing joy
- lainneachfeeling or causing joy
- seaghsachfeeling or causing joy
- suáilceachfeeling or causing joy
- subhachfeeling or causing joy
- urghairdeachfeeling or causing joy
- lúcháireachfeeling or causing joy
Italian gioioso, lieto
- gioiosofeeling or causing joy
- lietofeeling or causing joy
- allegrofeeling or causing joy
- felicefeeling or causing joy
- gaiofeeling or causing joy
- festantefeeling or causing joy
- festosofeeling or causing joy
Japanese 嬉しい
- 嬉しい (ureshii)feeling or causing joy
Korean 기쁘다
- 기쁘다 (gippeuda)feeling or causing joy
Latin gaudens
- gaudensfeeling or causing joy
Latvian dzīvespriecīgs, jautrs
- dzīvespriecīgsfeeling or causing joy
- jautrsfeeling or causing joy
Māori harakoa, matakuikui
- harakoafeeling or causing joy
- matakuikuifeeling or causing joy
Polish radosny, wesoły
- radosnyfeeling or causing joy
- wesołyfeeling or causing joy
Portuguese alegre, gozoso
- alegrefeeling or causing joy
- gozosofeeling or causing joy
Russian ра́достный, весёлый
- ра́достный (rádostnyj)feeling or causing joy
- весёлый (vesjólyj)feeling or causing joy
Slovak radostný, veselý
- radostnýfeeling or causing joy
- veselýfeeling or causing joy
Spanish alegre, gozoso
- alegrefeeling or causing joy
- gozosofeeling or causing joy
Swedish glädjerik
- glädjerikfeeling or causing joy
Ukrainian ра́дісний, весе́лий
- ра́дісний (rádisnyj)feeling or causing joy
- весе́лий (vesélyj)feeling or causing joy
Vietnamese vui, vui vẻ
- vuifeeling or causing joy
- vui vẻfeeling or causing joy
Cite this entry
joyful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyful
“joyful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “joyful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyful.
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