jubilate
1 of 2verb
ju·bi·late ˈjü-bə-ˌlāt 
jubilated; jubilating
intransitive verb
: rejoice
too dispassionate to jubilate
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2 of 2noun
Ju·bi·la·te ˌyü-bə-ˈlä-ˌtā
ˌjü-
1
a
: the 100th Psalm in the King James Version
b
not capitalized : a joyous song or outburst
2
: the third Sunday after Easter
Synonyms
Verb
- crow
- delight
- exuberate
- exult
- glory
- joy
- kvell
- rejoice
- triumph
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Example Sentences
Verb a medical researcher too committed to his work to pause and jubilate even upon hearing that he had won the Nobel Prize
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Latin jubilatus, past participle of jubilare; akin to Middle High German jū (exclamation of joy), Greek iygē shout
Noun
Latin, 2nd person plural imperative of jubilare
First Known Use
Verb
circa 1641, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
jubilations
noun
as in joys
an elated, joyful feeling or an expression of such a feeling The team's victory was the cause of great jubilation. the jubilation of the crowd Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- joys
- cheers
- glees
- jollities
- exuberances
- gaieties
- exultations
- delights
- blisses
- enjoyments
- glories
- gayeties
- felicities
- elations
- mirths
- satisfactions
- comforts
- beatitudes
- jubilances
- exhilarations
- ecstasies
- highs
- jocundities
- raptures
- warm fuzzies
- pleasures
- intoxications
- triumphs
- heavens
- contents
- ravishments
- gratifications
- nirvanas
- seventh heaven
- euphorias
- transports
- delectations
- paradises
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sorrows
- woes
- anguishes
- agonies
- dejections
- glooms
- melancholies
- blues
- desolations
- depressions
- sufferances
- doldrums
- calamities
- despondencies
- miseries
- purgatories
- hells
- disheartenments
- ill-beings
- Gehennas