merry

merry is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.
2. superlative. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
3. superlative. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest.
4. noun. A kind of wild red cherry.
5. adjective. quick and energetic

   "a brisk walk in the park"

   "a lively gait"

   Synonyms: alert, brisk, lively, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy

6. adjective. offering fun and gaiety

   "a festive (or festal) occasion"

   "gay and exciting night life"

   Synonyms: festal, festive, gay

7. adjective. full of or showing high-spirited merriment- Wordsworth

   "when hearts were young and gay"

   "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"

   Synonyms: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, mirthful

Synonyms

alert, brisk, lively, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy, festal, festive, gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, mirthful

Common word forms

merrier, merrily, merriest

Words from these letters

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