Definition of JOYFUL

joyful

Adjective

  • Full of happiness, pleasure, or delight.
  • full of or producing joy
    • "make a joyful noise"
    • "a joyful occasion"

Adjective Satellite

  • full of high-spirited delight
    • "a joyful heart"

Adj

  • Feeling or causing joy.

Examples

  • His JOYFUL exclamation echoed after playing a seven-letter word on Scrabble.

Origin / Etymology

From joy + -ful.

Synonyms

elated, gleeful, jubilant, air-headed, blissed out, blissful, cock-a-hoop, delighted, ecstatic, euphoric, exultant, filled with happiness, giddy, gladsome, greatly pleased, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, on cloud nine, orgasmic, over the moon, overjoyed, thrilled, walking on air

Antonyms

sorrowful

Scrabble Score: 19

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

Words With Friends Score: 22

joyful: valid Words With Friends Word