JAUNTY Synonyms

• having life or vigor or spirit

• made to appear to move as living creatures do

• elastic; rebounds readily

• marked by lively action

• tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas

• characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness

• being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits

• pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic

• enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

• marked by good fortune

• eagerly disposed to act or to be of service

• well expressed and to the point

• a happy party

• a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work

• to certain extent or degree

• full of or showing high-spirited merriment

• be silly or tease one another

• carefree and happy and lighthearted

• full of life and energy

• full of zest or vigor

• quick and energetic

• elastic; rebounds readily

• filled with events or activity

• full of spirit; full of life

• full of or showing high-spirited merriment

• offering fun and gaiety

• quick and energetic

• marked by lively action

• characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness

• full of spirit and vitality

• a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

• an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)

• pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic

• vigorous and animated

• having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

• lively and spirited

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

• having a sophisticated charm

• having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

• having a sophisticated charm

• having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners