cheerful
adjective
1. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
- her cheerful nature
- a cheerful greeting
- a cheerful room
Similar word(s): beaming, glad, beamish, smiling, twinkly, blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, buoyant, chirpy, perky, cheery, gay, sunny, chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty, happy, glad
2. pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
Similar word(s): optimistic, pollyannaish, upbeat
Sentences with cheerful as an adjective:
- They enjoyed a cheerful room.