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Thesaurus: jollity

Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.

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  1. n. Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.
  2. n. feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
  3. Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment. Chaucer. All now was turned to jollity and game. Milton. He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that quarrel only for him, who was only worthy to enter into it. Sir P. Sidney. Syn. -- Merriment; mirth; gayety; festivity; hilarity.
  4. Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterousenjoyment. Chaucer.All now was turned to jollity and game. Milton.He with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that quarrel only forhim, who was only worthy to enter into it. Sir P. Sidney.
  5. n:100 n. feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor