Emotions

Synonyms for glad

Synonyms for glad: happy and beaming. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · adjective

The 2 synonyms for glad

happyadjective, in the sense "eagerly disposed to act or to be of service"
beamingadjective, in the sense "cheerful and bright"

Each of these belongs to a different sense of glad, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.

Sense 1 of 2adjectiveTier 1, Foothills

eagerly disposed to act or to be of service

Glad to help.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

happy

Same sentence, swapped: Happy to help.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

cheering
cozy
encouraging

Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 3, RidgelineEmotions

cheerful and bright

A glad May morning.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

beaming

Same sentence, swapped: A beaming May morning.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

easy
cheering
comfortable

Where glad turns up in the game

glad is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play glad

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so glad reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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sulkverbmopeto be silently bad-tempered and resentful, showing displeasure through silenceFoothillsHas a reason line wishverbliketo hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do somethingFoothills worriedadjectiveupsetafflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or griefFoothills2 senses worryverbcarebe concerned withFoothillsHas a reason line anguishnountormentsevere mental or emotional sufferingTreelineHas a reason line animositynounrancorstrong hostility or dislikeHigh CampHas a reason line apprehensionnoundreadfearful expectation or anticipationRidgelineHas a reason line triggerverbtripput in motion or move to actFoothills

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