[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

joyous \joy"ous\, a. oe. joyous, joious, joios, f. joyeux.see
   joy.
   glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy;
   with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.
   1913 webster

         is this your joyous city?                --is. xxiii.
                                                  7.
   1913 webster

         they all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --spenser.
   1913 webster

         and joyous of our conquest early won.    --dryden.

   syn: merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful;
        sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming;
        delightful. -- joy"ously, adv. -- joy"ousness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
joy joy"ously joy"ousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

joyous
     adj 1: full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"
            ant: joyless
     2: full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart";
        "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter"
        syn: joyful
see also:
joyless joyful 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

62 moby thesaurus words for "joyous":
   animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, buxom,
   capering, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chirping, convivial, dancing,
   ecstatic, encouraging, enlivening, exhilarating, festal, festive,
   flushed with joy, frivolous, gala, gay, glad, gladdening, gladsome,
   gleeful, glowing, happy, heart-warming, heartening, hilarious,
   inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, jocular, jocund, jolly,
   jovial, joyful, laughing, laughter-loving, leaping, lighthearted,
   merry, merrymaking, mirth-loving, mirthful, on the loose, purring,
   radiant, rapturous, rejoicing, risible, singing, smiling, smirking,
   sparkling, starry-eyed, thrice happy, transported

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