Synonyms of merriment

merriment

noun

ˈmer-i-mənt 

1

as in glee

a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter

their unexpected merriment made him nervously inquire as to the reason for it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glee
• cheerfulness
• merriness
• festivity
• cheer
• gayety
• mirth
• joviality
• hilarity
• mirthfulness
• joyfulness
• gleefulness
• gaiety
• cheeriness
• revelling
• humor
• joking
• gayness
• brightness
• reveling
• frivolity
• funning
• jocundity
• jollity
• revelry
• jollification
• levity
• playfulness
• jocularity
• giddiness
• buoyancy
• lightheartedness
• joyousness
• vivacity
• buffoonery
• sunniness
• jesting
• insouciance
• flippancy
• rejoicing
• jubilance
• jocosity
• liveliness
• animation
• sportiveness
• jauntiness
• joshing
• rollicking
• perkiness
• clownishness
• jocoseness
• gambolling
• frolicking
• gamesomeness
• good-naturedness
• romping
• gamboling
• good-humoredness
• jest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sorrow
• sadness
• unhappiness
• melancholy
• dejection
• depression
• gloom
• blues
• bile
• seriousness
• spleen
• earnestness
• forlornness
• solemnity
• gravity
• despondence
• discontent
• grimness
• sourness
• soberness
• woe
• darkness
• disgruntlement
• mournfulness
• moodiness
• blackness
• misery
• joylessness
• gloominess
• solemnness
• plaintiveness
• glumness
• graveness
• mourning
• desolation
• heartbreak
• wretchedness
• sobersidedness
• desolateness
• woefulness
• dolefulness
• dolorousness
• miserableness

2

as in festivity

joyful or festive activity

the wedding reception merriment lasted long into the night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• festivity
• celebration
• gayety
• merrymaking
• cheerfulness
• jollity
• revelry
• jollification
• rejoicing
• gaiety
• fun
• conviviality
• festival
• enjoyment
• joy
• cheer
• revelling
• entertainment
• reveling
• mirth
• whoopee
• glee
• merriness
• delight
• joviality
• hilarity
• happiness
• mischief
• riot
• carouse
• pleasure
• funning
• diversion
• carousal
• carnival
• cheeriness
• recreation
• revel
• frivolity
• playfulness
• joking
• mirthfulness
• rollicking
• jocularity
• levity
• gleefulness
• buffoonery
• jesting
• lark
• flippancy
• party
• lightheartedness
• romping
• frolic
• romp
• frolicking
• spree
• gambol
• gambolling
• gamboling
• fling
• binge
• zaniness
• rollick
• joshing
• clownishness
• clownery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misery
• grief
• gloom
• darkness
• woe
• mourning
• blackness
• heartache
• heartbreak
• wretchedness
• gloominess
• sorrow
• melancholy
• dolor
• unhappiness
• mournfulness
• glumness
• dejection
• depression
• miserableness
• heartsickness
• despondency
• doldrums
• dumps
• dolefulness
• joylessness
• forlornness
• despondence
• downheartedness
• dispiritedness
• disconsolateness

Examples of merriment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That burst of merriment helped conclude his major season at age 48 in this final major of 2024, his curtain dropping with a hopeless 77 on Friday in the brooding clouds and the winds off the Firth of Clyde. —Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post, 19 July 2024

The regional libation is much in abundance during the three-day blowout of processions, dance parties and general merriment. —Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024

Now, sadly, Vincent Kompany — last spotted at the scene of Burnley’s fairly meek relegation from the Premier League — has said yes, depriving European soccer of one of the few opportunities for general merriment in a business that, as a rule, takes itself intensely seriously. —Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 May 2024

In fact, if you're surrounded by gaiety and merriment but not having the best of times yourself, all that festivity can make your own solitude even more miserable. —Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2023