JOLLY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a yawl used by a ship’’s sailors for general work
   
   Synonym(s)
   • jolly boat (what does jolly boat mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) jolly is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • yawl (what does yawl mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a happy party
   
   Hypernyms(s) jolly is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • party (what does party mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • kid (what does kid mean?)
   • chaff (what does chaff mean?)
   • jolly (what does jolly mean?)
   • josh (what does josh mean?)
   • banter (what does banter mean?)

JOLLY as VERB

1. Meaning
   • be silly or tease one another
   
   Synonym(s)
   • banter (what does banter mean?)
   • chaff (what does chaff mean?)
   • josh (what does josh mean?)
   • kid (what does kid mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • After we relaxed, we just kidded around
   
   Hypernyms(s) jolly is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tease (what does tease mean?)
   • razz (what does razz mean?)
   • rag (what does rag mean?)
   • cod (what does cod mean?)
   • tantalize (what does tantalize mean?)
   • tantalise (what does tantalise mean?)
   • bait (what does bait mean?)
   • taunt (what does taunt mean?)
   • twit (what does twit mean?)
   • rally (what does rally mean?)
   • ride (what does ride mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • banter (what does banter mean?)
   • raillery (what does raillery mean?)
   • give-and-take (what does give-and-take mean?)
   • backchat (what does backchat mean?)
   • jolly (what does jolly mean?)

JOLLY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • full of or showing high-spirited merriment
   
   Synonym(s)
   • gay (what does gay mean?)
   • jocund (what does jocund mean?)
   • jovial (what does jovial mean?)
   • merry (what does merry mean?)
   • mirthful (what does mirthful mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   
   Similar To
   • joyous (what does joyous mean?)

JOLLY as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • used as an intensifier (`jolly” is used informally in Britain)
   
   Synonym(s)
   • pretty (what does pretty mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • pretty big
   • pretty bad
   • jolly decent of him