jovial

Adjective

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gay , jocund , jolly , merry , mirthful