Jovial

Quick meaning: Jovial is an adjective meaning (comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.

Meaning

(comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.

More Meanings

1. (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).

Example Sentences

A long, jovial, inane laugh broke the sudden silence which had fallen over everyone.

[I]n polite ſocieties, he is the eaſy, well-bred man of faſhion; and, in the more convivial parties, he is the jovial companion.

A melancholy boddy is not the kindeſt nurſe for a chearely minde, (the joviall complexion is ſoverainly beholding to nature,) […]

At length, my friends, the feaſt of life is o’er; / I’ve eat ſufficient, I can drink no more: / My nigh is come; I’ve ſpent a jovial day; ’Tis time to part; but, oh!—what is to pay?

Word Forms

• joviall

Synonyms for jovial

Depending on context, synonyms include berserk, blithe, buoyant, blithesome, bright, cheerful.

Antonyms for jovial

Common opposites include saturnine, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, chapfallen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include joyous, jocund, merry, jolly, mirthful, joviall.

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