cheerfulness

English Thesaurus

1. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	attribute,
definition	:	an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness,
definition	:	a cheerful willingness to be obliging (noun.attribute)

part meronym	:	disposition, temperament,
definition	:	your usual mood (noun.attribute)

attribute	:	cheerful,
definition	:	being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits (adj.all)

attribute	:	cheerless, depressing, uncheerful,
definition	:	causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy (adj.all)

2. a feeling of spontaneous good spirits (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	happiness,
definition	:	emotions experienced when in a state of well-being (noun.feeling)

hyponym	:	buoyancy, perkiness,
definition	:	cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface (noun.feeling)

hyponym	:	carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness,
definition	:	the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you (noun.feeling)

3. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	uncheerfulness,
definition	:	not conducive to cheer or good spirits (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	cheer, cheer up, chirk up,
definition	:	become cheerful (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cheer, cheer up, jolly along, jolly up,
definition	:	cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cheerful,
definition	:	being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits (adj.all)

derivation	:	cheery, gay, sunny,
definition	:	bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer (adj.all)

4. a feeling of spontaneous good spirits (noun.feeling)

antonym	:	cheerlessness, uncheerfulness,
definition	:	a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat,
definition	:	pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic (adj.all)

5. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	uncheerfulness,
definition	:	not conducive to cheer or good spirits (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	cheer, cheer up, chirk up,
definition	:	become cheerful (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cheer, cheer up, jolly along, jolly up,
definition	:	cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cheerful,
definition	:	being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits (adj.all)

derivation	:	cheery, gay, sunny,
definition	:	bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer (adj.all)

6. a feeling of spontaneous good spirits (noun.feeling)

antonym	:	cheerlessness, uncheerfulness,
definition	:	a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat,
definition	:	pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic (adj.all)