Synonyms of mirth

mirth 1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈmərth 

as in glee

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

as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

mirthfulness

2 of 2

noun (2)

as in cheerfulness

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

the mirthfulness of the revelers was contagious, and pretty soon everyone in the bar was laughing and singing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mirth

Noun

Whether sentiment carries her to one last nomination here is unclear, but there’s an equal measure of mirth and melancholy to seeing Lavin go out in such fine form. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025

The study results found that the combination of satire and anthropomorphism elicited the most mirth. —Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025

On this day, director Jeffrey Lo and book, music and lyrics creator Min Kahng plopped dead center at their work station as the chaos and mirth of a new musical exploded around them. —David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025

To some observers, the incessant joking was the sort of heartless mirth that social media had been running on for decades. —Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025