Definition of JOVIAL

jovial

Adjective Satellite

  • full of or showing high-spirited merriment; ; - Wordsworth
    • "a jovial old gentleman"

Adj

  • Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
  • Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).

Adjective

  • Cheerful and friendly; good-humored.

Examples

  • Despite a challenging rack, the player remained JOVIAL, ready for the next Words With Friends turn.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French jovial (“jolly, jovial”), from Italian gioviale (“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”), from Latin ioviālis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), from Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as Jove + -ial.
Sense 1 (“cheerful and good-humoured”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter were believed to have that disposition.

Synonyms

gay, jocund, jolly, merry, mirthful, berserk, blissed out, blithe, blithesome, bonnie, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheerly, cheery, chuffed, cock-a-hoop, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ebullient, ecstatic, elated, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, fat and happy, gassed, gayful, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, happy, happy as Larry, happy as a clam, happy as a clam at high water, happy as a lark, happy as a pig in mud, happy as a pig in shit, happy as a prince, happy as the day is long, hearty, high on life, jovial, joyful, merry as a cricket, merry as a grig, mirthsome, on cloud nine, over the moon, overjoyed, overjoyous, pacific, perky, placated, pleased, satisfied, thrilled, tickled pink, triumphant, vivacious, wealful

Antonyms

blissed out, blissful, cock-a-hoop, content, delighted, ecstatic, elated, excited, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jovial, joyful, on cloud nine, over the moon, overjoyed, pacific, perky, placated, pleased, satisfied, saturnine, thrilled, tickled pink, triumphant

Scrabble Score: 16

jovial: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
jovial: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jovial: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

jovial: valid Words With Friends Word