jaunty
adj.
lively, merry; stylish but sporty
jaunty
Adjective
1. marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
(synonym) dapper, dashing, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, spiffy, snappy, spruce
(similar) fashionable, stylish
2. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
(synonym) chipper, debonair, debonaire
(similar) cheerful
Jaunty
(superl.)
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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jaunty
adj.a.
زندہ دل, ہنس مکھ, البيلا, بانکا
jaunty
Synonyms and related words:
airy, blithe, brave, bravura, braw, breezy, brisk, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, chic, chichi, classy, clothes-conscious, colorful, corky, cosmopolitan, dapper, daring, dashing, debonair, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressy, elegant, exhibitionistic, exquisite, flamboyant, flash, flashing, flashy, flaunting, free and easy, frilly, frisky, frothy, gallant, gay, genteel, glittering, happy, high-spirited, jazzy, jolly, jovial, jubilant, light, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, merry, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, perky, posh, rakish, recherche, resilient, ritzy, sharp, showy, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, spirited, splashy, splurgy, sporty, sprightly, spruce, style-conscious, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.