Synonyms of joie de vivre

joie de vivre

noun

as in enjoyment

formal a feeling of happiness or excitement about life

She is admired for her energy and joie de vivre.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enjoyment
• delight
• joyfulness
• cheerfulness
• joy
• gayety
• ease
• pleasure
• exuberance
• contentment
• satisfaction
• diversion
• gratification
• jubilation
• content
• jollity
• merriment
• relish
• amusement
• cheer
• gaiety
• glee
• entertainment
• gladness
• delectation
• contentedness
• comfort
• restfulness
• bliss
• felicity
• elatedness
• afterglow
• gleefulness
• exultation
• ecstasy
• elation
• intoxication
• euphoria
• rapture
• pleasance
• exhilaration
• heaven

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depression
• melancholy
• misery
• sadness
• gloom
• sorrow
• unhappiness
• dejection
• anguish
• anger
• despondency
• dispiritedness
• irritation
• woe
• wretchedness
• annoyance
• fury
• exasperation
• desolation
• distress
• aggravation
• rage
• disturbance
• vexation
• agitation
• discomfort
• upset
• joylessness
• restlessness
• dissatisfaction
• discontent
• pique
• uneasiness
• displeasure
• discontentedness
• discontentment

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of joie de vivre

Loraine’s resilience and joie de vivre was inspiring. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024

Meanwhile, Flavor Flav has brought a similar joie de vivre to the games as the sponsor of both the men’s and women’s water polo teams. —Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024

The Paris Olympics have brought some joie de vivre to NBCUniversal. —Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024

Such joie de vivre was all the more gratifying because, two days earlier, any kind of joie had been in grave danger of being swamped. —Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024