jubilant

[joo-buh-luhnt]

adjective

1. feeling or showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant.

   the cheers of the jubilant victors;

   the jubilant climax of his symphony.

jubilant

/ ˈdʒuːbɪlənt /

adjective

1. feeling or expressing great joy

Other Word Forms

• jubilance noun
• jubilancy noun
• jubilantly adverb
• unjubilant adjective
• unjubilantly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of jubilant¹

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin jūbilant-, stem of jūbilāns “shouting,” present participle of jūbilāre “to shout, whoop”

Word History and Origins

Origin of jubilant¹

C17: from Latin jūbilāns shouting for joy, from jūbilāre to give a joyful cry, from jūbilum a shout, wild cry

Example Sentences

One of the songs chanted by the jubilant Liverpool supporters towards the end of the match was Bob Marley's "don't worry, about a thing, because every little thing is gonna be alright".

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A jubilant president told reporters on Air Force One that he had also got China to start immediately buying a "tremendous amounts of soybeans and other farm products".

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“The entire country chose to irreversibly change the destiny of the nation,” a jubilant Milei told a crowd of supporters late Sunday.

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He spent three days in a medically induced coma at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood and regained consciousness to news from jubilant nurses that the Dodgers had won the championship.

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In his overnight victory speech to jubilant supporters, Whittle said: "Listen Westminster, this is Caerphilly and Wales telling you we want a better deal."

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Related Words

• elated 
• euphoric 
• excited 
• exuberant 
• exultant 
• glad 
• joyous 
• overjoyed 
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• triumphal 
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