jolly
English Thesaurus
1. a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | yawl, |
| definition | : | a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars) (noun.artifact) |
2. a happy party (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | party, |
| definition | : | an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment (noun.event) |
| domain region | : | britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, |
| definition | : | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location) |
3. be silly or tease one another (verb.communication)
4. full of or showing high-spirited merriment (adj.all)
| similar | : | joyous, |
| definition | : | full of or characterized by joy (adj.all) |
5. a happy party (noun.event)
6. be silly or tease one another (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | backchat, banter, give-and-take, raillery, |
| definition | : | light teasing repartee (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | jolly, |
| definition | : | a happy party (noun.event) |
7. full of or showing high-spirited merriment (adj.all)
| derivation | : | humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, merriness, |
| definition | : | the trait of merry joking (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | conviviality, joviality, |
| definition | : | a jovial nature (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | jolly, |
| definition | : | a happy party (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | glee, gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, |
| definition | : | great merriment (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | jocularity, jocundity, |
| definition | : | a feeling facetious merriment (noun.feeling) |
8. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree (adv.all)
| antonym | : | immoderately, unreasonably, |
| definition | : | to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation (adv.all) |
| pertainym | : | moderate, |
| definition | : | being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme (adj.all) |
| pertainym | : | fair, fairish, reasonable, |
| definition | : | not excessive or extreme (adj.all) |
9. a happy party (noun.event)
10. be silly or tease one another (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | backchat, banter, give-and-take, raillery, |
| definition | : | light teasing repartee (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | jolly, |
| definition | : | a happy party (noun.event) |
11. full of or showing high-spirited merriment (adj.all)
| derivation | : | humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, merriness, |
| definition | : | the trait of merry joking (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | conviviality, joviality, |
| definition | : | a jovial nature (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | jolly, |
| definition | : | a happy party (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | glee, gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, |
| definition | : | great merriment (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | jocularity, jocundity, |
| definition | : | a feeling facetious merriment (noun.feeling) |
12. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree (adv.all)
| antonym | : | immoderately, unreasonably, |
| definition | : | to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation (adv.all) |
| pertainym | : | moderate, |
| definition | : | being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme (adj.all) |
| pertainym | : | fair, fairish, reasonable, |
| definition | : | not excessive or extreme (adj.all) |
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