joyful, rejoicing; triumphant, exultant; expressing joy and elation
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Jubilant Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutUttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.
jubilant
\ju"bi*lant\ (?), a. [l. jubilans, -antis, p. pr. of jubilare to shout for joy: cf. f. jubila&?;. see jubilate.] uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. "the jubilant age." while the bright pomp ascended jubilant.
jubilant
adj
1. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on vj day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: exultant, exulting, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant]
2. full of high-spirited delight [syn: elated, gleeful, joyful]
Adjective
1. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout"
(synonym) exultant, exulting, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant
(similar) elated
2. full of high-spirited delight
(synonym) elated, gleeful, joyful
(similar) joyous
