jolly

The word “jolly” has 2 syllables: jol-ly

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɒl.i/

What is synonym and antonym for jolly?

In the thesaurus, “jolly” has 319 synonyms and 155 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jolly along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for jolly

a lot
absolutely
abundantly
achingly
affable
agreeable
alluring
almighty
altogether
amazingly
amiable
amuse
amused
amusing
animated
antic
appreciably
archly
as all get-out
astonishingly
astronomically
attractive
awful
awfully
badly
banter
beaming
beastly
blessed
blest
blissful
blisteringly
blithe
blithesome
bone
bouncing
bouncy
bright
buoyant
calming
carefree
caricature
cavalier
chaff
charming
cheerful
cheery
chipper
chirpy
chuckling
colossally
comfortable
comforting
comic
comical
completely
congenial
considerably
convivial
corking
crack wise
cracking
daffy
damn
damned
dang
darling
deadly
deeply
delectable
delicious
delighted
delightful
delightsome
desirable
desperately
devil-may-care
discernibly
divert
diverting
downright
dreamy
dulcet
easygoing
ecstatic
elated
elating
eminently
enchanting
enjoyable
enormously
enraptured
entertain
entertaining
entirely
entranced
enviable
especially
euphoric
ever
exceeding
exceedingly
exceptionally
excessively
exhilarated
exhilarating
extensively
extra
extremely
exuberant
exultant
fabulously
facetious
fantastically
far
farcical
fascinating
felicific
felicitous
festive
fiercely
filthy
flat-out
flippant
fool
frightfully
frisky
frolicsome
full
fully
fun
funny
gag
gay
genial
gibe
giggling
glad
gladsome
gleeful
good
good and
good-natured
goodly
gracious
grandly
grateful
gratifying
greatly
happy
happy-go-lucky
haze
heavenly
heavily
high
highly
hilarious
hopeful
hospitable
hugely
humorous
immensely
incredibly
insouciant
intensely
intoxicating
inviting
jape
jaunty
jeer
jest
jesting
jibe
jive
jocose
jocular
jocund
joke
jokey
joking
josh
joshing
jovial
joyful
joyous
jubilant
kid
kindly
lampoon
larking
laughing
lighthearted
lightsome
lively
lots of laughs
luscious
majorly
markedly
merry
mightily
mighty
mirthful
mock
monstrous
monstrously
monumentally
mortally
most
much
nice
nirvanic
notably
noticeably
obscenely
obviously
optimistic
overjoyed
overmuch
palatable
palpably
parody
particularly
passing
peppy
perky
personable
plainly
playful
pleasant
pleasing
pleasurable
plentifully
positively
pretty
profoundly
purely
quip
radiant
radically
rag
rally
rapturous
rattling
ravished
razz
real
really
recreative
relishable
remarkably
rib
ridicule
right
riotous
roaring
roaringly
rosy
sanguine
satirize
satisfying
savory
savoury
seriously
severely
sidesplitting
significantly
smiling
so
soothing
sore
sorely
spanking
specially
spirited
sportive
sprightful
sprightly
staggeringly
stinking
substantially
such
sunny
super
supremely
surpassingly
sweet
tasty
tease
tempting
terribly
that
thoroughly
thrilled
thumping
tickled
too
totally
unco
uncommonly
unconcerned
upbeat
uproarious
utterly
vastly
very
visibly
vitally
vivacious
way
welcome
whacking
wholly
wicked
wildly
wisecrack
witty
yuck
yuk
zippy

Antonyms for jolly

abhorrent
abject
abominable
aggravating
aggrieved
angering
anguished
annoying
barely
bilious
black
bleak
blue
boring
brokenhearted
cheerless
comfortless
commonplace
crestfallen
crying
dark
dejected
deplorable
depressed
depressing
desolate
despondent
detestable
disagreeable
disconsolate
discontented
disgruntled
disgusting
disheartened
disheartening
dismal
dispirited
displeasing
dissatisfying
distasteful
distressing
disturbing
doleful
dolorous
downcast
downhearted
dreary
dull
enflaming
enraging
exasperating
flat
forbidding
forlorn
ghastly
gloomy
glum
god-awful
grave
gray
grey
groaning
hardly
hateful
heartbreaking
heartbroken
heartrending
heartsick
heavyhearted
hellish
horrid
hostile
incensing
inflaming
infuriating
insipid
intimidating
irksome
irritating
joyless
just
lachrymose
lamentable
lethargic
listless
little
low-spirited
lugubrious
maddening
marginally
meagerly
melancholy
minimally
miserable
moaning
moody
morose
mournful
negligibly
nominally
obnoxious
odious
offensive
outraging
peeving
perturbing
plaintive
pleasureless
rankling
regrettable
repellant
repellent
repugnant
repulsive
revulsive
riling
sad
saddened
saturnine
scantily
scarcely
serious
slightly
sluggish
sobbing
somber
sombre
somewhat
sorrowful
sorry
stale
sullen
tedious
torpid
tragic
tragical
troubled
unamusing
unhappy
unpalatable
unpleasant
unsavory
unwelcome
upset
upsetting
vexing
vile
wailing
weeping
woebegone
woeful
worried
wretched
yucky
yukky

Meanings of jolly

noun
1. A pleasure trip or excursion.
2. A marine in the English navy.
verb
1. To amuse or divert.
adjective
1. Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial.
2. Full of life and mirth; jouous; merry.
3. Splendid, excellent, pleasant.
4. Large.
adverb
1. Very, extremely.

Example Sentences

The children were in a jolly mood during the holiday party.
He had a jolly laugh that could brighten anyone's day.
We spent a jolly evening with friends, full of stories and laughter.
The jolly man dressed as Santa Claus handed out gifts to the kids.
She always has a jolly smile on her face, no matter the situation.

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