merry

Adjective

• quick and energetic
  • a brisk walk in the park
    
  • a lively gait
    
  • a merry chase
    
  • traveling at a rattling rate
    
  • a snappy pace
    
  • a spanking breeze
    

• offering fun and gaiety
  • a festive (or festal) occasion
    
  • gay and exciting night life
    
  • a merry evening
    

• 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: 
  alert , brisk , lively , rattling , snappy , spanking , zippy , gay , festal , festive , jocund , jolly , jovial , mirthful