Synonyms and Antonyms of upbeat
1
having or showing a good mood or disposition
- an upbeat attitude about life
blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, canty [British dialect], cheerful, cheery, chipper, eupeptic, gay, gladsome, lightsome, sunny, winsome
hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine
animated, chirpy, jaunty, lilting, lively, perky, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious
carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned
boon, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
blissful, delighted, glad, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, tickled
beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling
joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied
dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid
blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, down, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, hangdog, heavyhearted, inconsolable, low, low-spirited, melancholy, mirthless, sorrowful
2
having qualities which inspire hope
- several upbeat signs that the economy is improving
auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, likely, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, roseate, rosy
cheering, comforting, reassuring, soothing
assured, confident, decisive, doubtless, positive, sure, unhesitating
beamish, bullish, eupeptic
favorable, good
cheerless, comfortless
doubtful, dubious, uncertain
bearish, grim, negative, unfavorable
funereal, glum, gray (also grey), miserable, wretched
bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic, unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitious
