face" Similar: cheerful cheery merry jolly lighthearted mirthful jovial glad happy bright in good spirits in high spirits joyful elated exuberant animated lively sprightly vivacious buoyant bouncy bubbly perky effervescent playful frolicsome chirpy on top of the world as happy as a sandboy as happy as a clam Opposite: gloomy noun a homosexual, especially a man. Similar: homosexual lesbian gay person lesbigay invert homophile