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

There’s a lot of French joie de vivre happening in Connecticut at the award-winning Delamar hotels. —Debbi Kickham, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024

Advertisement —Thank you, Teoscar Hernández, for bringing a certain grit and joie de vivre that the team had been missing the last couple of seasons. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024

For lovers of joie de vivre, the impressive new Wine & Travel France is a treasure of pleasures, brimming with French beauty and bounty. —Laura Manske, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024

Ever humble and approachable, the Umbrian designer spoke to THR about his new collection, which exudes verve and joie de vivre of a Mediterranean coastline with the quietness of the desert. —Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019