Blithe — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Blithe (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. having or showing a good mood or disposition

   "a blithe, obedient child"

   similar: blithesome, bright, buoyant, canty (British dialect), cheerful, cheery, chipper, eupeptic, gay, gladsome, lightsome, sunny, upbeat, winsome
   related: hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine, animated, chirpy, jaunty, lilting, lively, perky, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious, carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned, boon, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful, blissful, delighted, glad, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, tickled, beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling
   opposite: dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullen
   near: joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied, dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid, blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, down, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, hangdog, heavyhearted, inconsolable, low, low-spirited, melancholy, mirthless, sorrowful

2. indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor

   "a blithe remark that good food enjoyed with good company makes good wine seem even better"

   similar: blithesome, festive, gay, gleeful, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, sunny
   related: amused, beaming, chuckling, giggling, smiling, bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper, lighthearted, lightsome, upbeat, animated, bouncing, frisky, jaunty, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious, zippy, blessed, blissful, delighted, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, gladsome, happy, high, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, radiant, rapturous, ravished, thrilled, tickled, amusing, facetious, flippant, frolicsome, funny, hilarious, jesting, joking, joshing, playful, sportive, witty, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, unconcerned, hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine, antic, comic, comical, farcical, humorous, riotous, sidesplitting, uproarious
   near: abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, glum, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, low-spirited, melancholy, sad, saddened, sorrowful, unhappy, crying, groaning, moaning, sobbing, wailing, weeping, discontented, disgruntled, moody, doleful, dolorous, joyless, lachrymose, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, sorry, woeful, black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, depressing, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, gray, morose, saturnine, somber, sullen, miserable, woebegone, wretched, dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid

3. having or showing freedom from worries or troubles

   "he has a blithe attitude about ever having to earn a living because he knows there's a trust fund in his future"

   similar: carefree, debonair, devil-may-care, gay, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, lightsome, slaphappy, unconcerned
   related: blasé, breezy, cavalier, nonchalant, casual, easygoing, informal, laid-back, low-pressure, relaxed, unfussy
   opposite: careworn
   near: earnest, grave, serious, serious-minded, somber, careful, cautious, heedful, wary, anxious, concerned, upset, worried, long-suffering, overburdened, sorrowful