Synonyms of the word

merry

• adj. Jolly and full of high spirits.
• adj. Festive and full of fun and laughter.
• adj. Brisk.
• adj. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
• adj. (euphemistic) drunk; tipsy.

brisk

• adj. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
• adj. Full of spirit of life; effervescing.
• adj. (archaic) sparkling.
• adj. Stimulating or invigorating.
• adj. Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
• v. (transitive, often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

energetic

• adj. Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy.
• adj. Of or relating to energy.

festal

• adj. festive, relating to a festival or feast.

festive

• adj. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
• adj. In the mood to celebrate.

gay

• adj. (dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.
• adj. (dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
• adj. (obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of either gender).
• adj. Homosexual.
• adj. A pejorative.
• adj. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
• n. (chiefly in plural or attributive) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
• n. (obsolete) An ornament.
• v. (transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful.
• v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.
• n. The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.

jocund

• adj. Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.

jolly

• adj. Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.
• n. (Britain, dated) A pleasure trip or excursion.
• n. (slang, dated) A marine in the English navy.
• adv. (Britain, dated) very, extremely.
• v. (transitive) To amuse or divert.

jovial

• adj. (obsolete) Pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.
• adj. (obsolete) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.
• adj. (astrology, obsolete) Under the influence of the planet Jupiter (considered a source of happiness).
• adj. Merry; cheerful and good-humored.

joyous

• adj. Full of joy; happy.

lively

• adj. Full of life; energetic.
• adj. Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
• adj. (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
• adj. (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
• adj. (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
• adj. (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
• n. (nautical) Term of address.
• adv. (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
• adv. Vibrantly, vividly.

mirthful

• adj. filled with mirth.

rattling

• adj. Lively, quick (speech, pace).
• adj. (dated, intensifier) good, fine.
• n. rattle (a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another).
• n. (nautical) Alternative form of ratline.
• v. present participle of rattle.

snappy

• adj. (informal) Rapid and without delay.
• adj. (informal) Irritable.
• adj. (informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.
• adj. Chilly, brisk, sharp.

spanking

• v. present participle of spank.
• n. A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
• n. An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
• adj. Fast and energetic.
• adj. (often nautical) Brisk and fresh.
• adj. remarkable of its kind.
• adv. (colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.

zippy

• adj. lively, quick and energetic.