jovial

Meaning

1. (comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).

Opposite of

saturnine, blissed out, blissful, cock-a-hoop, content, delighted, ecstatic, elated, excited, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jovial, joyful, on cloud nine, overjoyed, over the moon, pacific, perky, placated, pleased, satisfied, thrilled, tickled pink, triumphant

Synonyms

cheerful

jolly

merry

gay

happy

😀

convivial

joyful

glad

mirthful

genial

blithe

hilarious

jocund

debonair

delighted

sanguine

in a good mood

joyous

playful

resilient

risible

sociable

affable

vivacious

winsome

zippy

happy go lucky

sprightly

breezy

buoyant

chirpy

congenial

elated

enjoyable

festive

frabjous

friendly

fun

hearty

high

jaunty

jocular

jubilant

laugh

😆

light-hearted

Translations

jovial

jovial

jovial

jovial

joviaal

φαιδρός

εύθυμος

alegre

heiter

gioviale

χαρούμενος

allegro

gemütlich

jovial

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/

Etymology

First attested in 1590; borrowed from Middle French jovial (“under the influence of Jupiter; of Jove; jovial, jolly”), from Italian gioviale (“(now obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”) (attested in Dante, Paradiso, canto XVIII, early 14th century), from Late Latin Ioviālis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), from Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as Jove + -ial.
Sense 1 (“cheerful and good-humoured”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter were believed to have that disposition.