Synonyms for merry
ˈmɛr imer·ry

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1. merryadjective

   Synonyms:
   happy, content, pleased, gay, cheerful, ecstatic, joyful, exultant, jovial

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, miserable

2. merryadjective

   Jolly and full of high-spirits

   We had a very merry Christmas.

   Synonyms:
   gay, exultant, content, pleased, happy, joyful, jovial, ecstatic, cheerful

   Antonyms:
   miserable, unhappy

3. merryadjective

   Festive and full of fun and laughter

   Synonyms:
   joyful, gay, happy, exultant, ecstatic, content, cheerful, jovial, pleased

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, miserable

4. merryadjective

   Brisk

   The play moved along at a merry pace.

   Synonyms:
   jovial, happy, exultant, content, gay, joyful, ecstatic, pleased, cheerful

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, miserable

5. merryadjective

   happy or showing enjoyment

   Synonyms:
   happy, gay, jovial, content, pleased, ecstatic, exultant, cheerful, joyful

   Antonyms:
   miserable, unhappy

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1. merry

   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, glad, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lucky, 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.

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1. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthfuladjective

   full of or showing high-spirited merriment

   "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"

   Synonyms:
   spanking, festal, comic, laughable, jocund, jovial, festive, brave, rattling, risible, braw, zippy, comical, sunny, funny, lively, gay, cheery, mirthful, amusing, homophile(a), snappy, brisk, alert, jolly

   Antonyms:
   unenrgetic, lethargic, joyless

2. gay, festal, festive, merryadjective

   offering fun and gaiety

   "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"

   Synonyms:
   spanking, festal, jocund, jovial, festive, brave, rattling, braw, zippy, sunny, lively, gay, cheery, mirthful, homophile(a), snappy, brisk, alert, jolly

   Antonyms:
   joyless, lethargic, unenrgetic

3. alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippyadjective

   quick and energetic

   "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

   Synonyms:
   jovial, natty, marvelous, festive, rattling(a), brisk, wondrous, nipping, peppy, spruce, resilient, mirthful, jocund, frosty, festal, tremendous, grand, marvellous, snappy, live, racy, bouncing, watchful, lively, bouncy, wonderful, dapper, jolly, gay, spanking, springy, alive(p), tonic, fresh, awake(p), nippy, raffish, jaunty, fantastic, alert, terrific, spiffy, rakish, rattling, snappish, howling(a), refreshful, dashing, spirited, full of life, bracing, crisp, whipping, refreshing, zippy, vital

   Antonyms:
   unenrgetic, joyless, lethargic

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1. merryadjective

   Synonyms:
   mirthful, jovial, gleeful, gay, hilarious, sportive, jocund, joyous, facetious, lively, jolly, buxom, frolicsome, blithe, blithesome, airy, gladsome, vivacious, debonair, wanton, light-hearted

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1. merryadjective

   Synonyms:
   mirthful, gay, jolly, gleeful, jovial, sportive, jocular, bonny

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1. List of paraphrases for "merry":

   happy, -merry, cheerful, -happy, joyous, cheery, smiley, jolly, joyful, happy-go-lucky, pippin, gay, chipper

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How to use merry in a sentence?

1. The Triumph:

   It started with my taking my two kids around to the zoos and parks, while they were on the merry-go-round riding 40 times or something, I'd be sitting there trying to figure out what you could do that would be more imaginative.

2. Aurangzeb Khan:

   They use my taxes to clean their jeeps, wearing nice uniforms, eating good food. Look at their houses. (The army) are making merry in their bases, and look at us.

3. George Seney Jr.:

   The lady on the end of the line noticed I was a World War II veteran so she comes over and thanks me for my service and gave me a big hug and said, ‘I want you to have a Merry Christmas,’ and she put something in my hand.

4. Niraj Gautam:

   People seem to be in a merry mood and look like they have been waiting for this moment for ages, but it is a sad day for us.

5. Biblical Proverb:

   He that is of a merry heart hasth a continual feast.