glad
adjective /ɡlæd/ (gladder, gladdest)Definition
A2 pleased and happy: We were glad about her success. I'm glad (that) you came. I'm glad to know the parcel arrived safely. I'd be (only too) glad to help you. We'd be glad of the chance to meet her.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something gladness /-nəs/ noun [U]
(Definition of glad adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “glad”
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
- chirpy adjective
- chuffed adjective
- contented adjective
- delighted adjective
- ecstatic adjective
- jaunty adjective
- joyful adjective
- joyous adjective
- jubilant adjective
- jump for joy idiom
- rapturous adjective
- thrilled adjective
- thrilled to bits idiom
- walk on air idiom
- wrapped adjective (HAPPY)
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
