Sunny — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Sunny (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness)

   "her sunny laughter filled the house with joy"

   similar: aglow, beaming, bright, glowing, radiant
   related: brilliant, dazzling, effulgent, gleaming, luminous, refulgent, shining, starry, blithe, blithesome, cheerful, cheery, chipper, gay, gladsome, lightsome, merry, mirthful, optimistic, upbeat, jocund, jovial, laughing, smiling, blooming, rosy, blissful, chuffed (British), delighted, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, thankful, tickled
   near: blank, flat, listless, stoic, unemotional, black, dark, darkening, depressing, dismal, gloomy, glum, gray, melancholy, sullen, frowning, glaring, glowering, lowering, scowling

2. having or showing a good mood or disposition

   "momentarily forgot their worries at the sight of the baby's sunny smile"

   similar: blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, canty (British dialect), cheerful, cheery, chipper, eupeptic, gay, gladsome, lightsome, 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

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

   "the good-natured waitresses enhance the restaurant's sunny and cheery atmosphere"

   similar: blithe, blithesome, festive, gay, gleeful, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful
   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

4. not stormy or cloudy

   "we are hoping for a sunny weekend so we can spend time at the beach"

   similar: bright, clear, cloudless, fair, sunshiny, unclouded
   related: balmy, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate, calm, halcyon, peaceful, placid, serene, tranquil, fine, pleasant
   opposite: bleak, cloudy, dirty, foul, nasty, overcast, rainy, raw, rough, squally, stormy, sunless, tempestuous, turbulent
   near: harsh, inclement, severe, blustering, blustery, breezy, gusty, foggy, hazy, misty, murky, soupy