gaiety

Plural: gaieties

Noun

• The state or quality of being cheerful and lively; festive activity.
• a gay feeling
• a festive merry feeling
• The state of being happy or merry.
• Merrymaking or festivity.

Examples

• Despite the intense competition, there was an underlying gaiety at the Scrabble tournament.
• The decorations added greatly to the gaiety of the room.
• There was much gaiety at the ball.

Synonyms

merriment, playfulness, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentedness, contentness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, felicity, gaiety, gayfulness, gayness, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasedness