glad

Adjective

• cheerful and bright
  • a beaming smile
    
  • a glad May morning
    

• feeling happy appreciation
  • glad of the fire's warmth
    

• eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
  • glad to help
    

• showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
  • glad you are here
    
  • glad that they succeeded
    
  • gave a glad shout
    
  • a glad smile
    
  • heard the glad news
    
  • a glad occasion
    

Noun

• any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  beaming , happy , gladiolus , gladiola , sword lily