Synonyms for glad
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. gladverb

   Antonyms:
   heavy, peevish, downcast, cranky, sad, sorrowful, depressed

2. gladadjective

   pleased, happy, satisfied

   Antonyms:
   peevish, sad, heavy, depressed, sorrowful, cranky, downcast

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. glad

   Happy primarily refers to something that comes "by good hap," a chance that brings prosperity, benefit, or success.

   And grasps the skirts of happy chance.

   Tennyson In Memoriam lxiii, st. 2.

   In this sense happy is closely allied to fortunate and lucky. (See FORTUNATE.) Happy has, however, so far diverged from this original sense as to apply to advantages where chance is not recognized, or is even excluded by direct reference to the divine will, when it becomes almost equivalent to blessed.

   Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.

   Job v, 17.

   Happy is also applied to the ready dexterity or skill by which favorable results (usually in minor matters) are secured, when it becomes a synonym for dexterous, felicitous, and the associated words; as, he has a happy wit; happy at retort (compare CLEVER). In its most frequent present use, happy is applied to the state of one enjoying happiness, or to that by which happiness is expressed; as, a happy heart; a happy face; happy laughter; happy tears (compare synonyms for HAPPINESS). Cheerful applies to the possession or expression of a moderate and tranquil happiness. A cheery word spontaneously gives cheer to others; a cheering word is more distinctly planned to cheer and encourage. Gay applies to an effusive and superficial happiness (often not really worthy of that name) perhaps resulting largely from abundant animal spirits: we speak of gay revelers or a gay horse. A buoyant spirit is, as it were, borne up by joy and hope. A sunny disposition has a constant tranquil brightness that irradiates all who come within its influence.

   Compare synonyms for GRIEF.

   Synonyms:
   blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheering, cheery, delighted, delightful, dexterous, felicitous, fortunate, gay, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, mirthful, pleased, prosperous, rapturous, rejoiced, rejoicing, smiling, sprightly, successful, sunny

   Preposition:
   A happy event for him; happy at a reply; happy in his home, with his friends, among his children; happy at the discovery, over his success.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. glad

   Synonyms:
   happy, joyous, pleased, gratified, blithesome, gleeful, gladsome, delighted, cheerful, elated, joyful

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, sorrowful, disastrous, sorry, disappointed, dismal

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.2 / 5 votes

1. gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lilyadjective

   any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated

   Synonyms:
   corpus sternum, flag, gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily, fleur-de-lis, iris

   Antonyms:
   tragicomical, melancholic, melancholy, bittersweet, depressing, cheerless, heavyhearted, tragic, wistful, tragicomic, tragical, pensive, unthankful, mournful, thankless, uncheerful, sad, unwilling, ungrateful, doleful

2. gladadjective

   showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy

   "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded"; "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad news"; "a glad occasion"

   Synonyms:
   happy, beaming

   Antonyms:
   unwilling, depressing, unthankful, tragical, melancholy, tragicomical, pensive, melancholic, mournful, heavyhearted, tragic, ungrateful, cheerless, thankless, bittersweet, sad, doleful, uncheerful, tragicomic, wistful

3. glad, happyadjective

   eagerly disposed to act or to be of service

   "glad to help"

   Synonyms:
   happy, felicitous, beaming, well-chosen

   Antonyms:
   tragicomic, cheerless, doleful, melancholic, depressing, heavyhearted, mournful, pensive, sad, tragic, ungrateful, melancholy, bittersweet, tragical, unthankful, thankless, unwilling, wistful, tragicomical, uncheerful

4. gladadjective

   feeling happy appreciation

   "glad of the fire's warmth"

   Synonyms:
   happy, beaming

   Antonyms:
   bittersweet, doleful, mournful, wistful, melancholic, ungrateful, cheerless, uncheerful, sad, heavyhearted, depressing, tragic, melancholy, unthankful, tragical, thankless, tragicomic, pensive, unwilling, tragicomical

5. beaming, gladadjective

   cheerful and bright

   "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning"

   Synonyms:
   radiant, effulgent, beamy, happy, refulgent, beaming

   Antonyms:
   doleful, tragicomic, sad, cheerless, tragic, thankless, heavyhearted, bittersweet, melancholy, tragicomical, unthankful, ungrateful, pensive, mournful, unwilling, uncheerful, tragical, wistful, melancholic, depressing

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. glump

   Submitted by anonymous on January 14, 2020  

2. happy

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. gladadjective

   Synonyms:
   pleased, delighted, gratified, rejoiced, happy, well contented

2. gladadjective

   Synonyms:
   cheerful, joyous, joyful, gladsome

3. gladadjective

   Synonyms:
   cheering, animating, gratifying, pleasing, exhilarating

4. gladverb

   Synonyms:
   [Poetical.] delight, GLADDEN

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. gladadjective

   Synonyms:
   pleased, delighted, happy, joyous, joyful, gratified, rejoiced, merry, exhilarated, elated, cheery, animated, gladsome, jubilant, felicitous, refreshing, exhilarating

   Antonyms:
   sad, sorrowful, sad

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "glad":

   pleased, happy, delighted, satisfied, grateful, welcome, content

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How to use glad in a sentence?

1. Russell Kornblith:

   We're glad that women across the country are going to have an opportunity to join this case.

2. John Chambrone:

   The movie meant a lot to us and I was so glad that Brie Larson now shares my passion for the greatest superhero in all the known universes.

3. Manager Joe Girardi:

   I was glad he threw strikes, i figured there would be a lot of adrenalin, waiting an extra month to play and I think he did just fine.

4. Cameron Hamilton:

   I think we were just open to the idea of finding love, of course the premise is a little crazy at first glance, but for me, I said' I want to keep an open mind about this. Cameron Hamilton never know.' And here we are today. So I'm glad that I did.

5. Tony Peacock:

   You didn't have an iPad in your pocket or TVs at home because people didn't have electricity, so, you would just holler a tune for the enjoyment of it, and to say, I'm glad I made it through the day.