Full of or showing high-spirited merriment:
— A jovial old gentleman.

synonyms: gay, jocund, jolly, merry, mirthful.

Roget 836: cheerful; happy etc. 827; cheery, cheerly^†; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits, in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper [U.S.]; in high spirits, in high feather; happy as the day is long, happy as a king; gay as a lark; allegro; debonair; light, lightsome, light hearted; buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy; janty^†, jaunty, canty^†; hedonic^†; riant^†; sprightly, sprightful^†; spry; spirited, spiritful^†; lively, animated, vivacious; brisk as a bee; sparkling, sportive; full of play, full of spirit; all alive.    sunny, palmy; hopeful etc. 858.    merry as a cricket, merry as a grig^†, merry as a marriage bell; joyful, joyous, jocund, jovial; jolly as a thrush, jolly as a sandboy^†; blithesome; gleeful, gleesome^†; hilarious, rattling.    winsome, bonny, hearty, buxom.    playful, playsome^†; folatre [Fr.], playful as a kitten, tricksy^†, frisky, frolicsome; gamesome; jocose, jocular, waggish; mirth loving, laughter-loving; mirthful, rollicking.    elate, elated; exulting, jubilant, flushed; rejoicing etc. 838; cock-a-hoop.    cheering, inspiriting, exhilarating; cardiac, cardiacal^†; pleasing etc. 829; palmy.    ... show more

Roget 840: amusing, entertaining, diverting etc. v.; recreational, recreative, lusory^†; pleasant etc. (pleasing) 829; laughable etc. (ludicrous) 853; witty etc. 842; fun, festive, festal; jovial, jolly, jocund, roguish, rompish^†; playful, playful as a kitten; sportive, ludibrious^†.    funny; very funny, hilarious, uproarious, side-splitting.    amused etc. v.; pleased with a rattle, tickled with a pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw" [Pope]; laughing etc. v.; risible; ready to burst, ready to split, ready to die with laughter; convulsed with laughter, rolling in the aisles.    ... show more

Roget 892: sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable^†, cosy, cosey^†, chatty, conversational; homiletical.    convivial; festive, festal; jovial, jolly, hospitable.    welcome, welcome as the roses in May; f=eted, entertained.    free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms, acquainted.    social, neighborly; international; gregarious.    ... show more