bonhomie
/ˈbɒnəmiː
/ /ˌbɒnəˈmiː/noun [mass noun]
Cheerful friendliness; geniality: he exuded good humour and bonhomie...
- ‘We'll send someone out on Monday ’, she said in her cheerful bonhomie.
- In a rare show of bonhomie and good humour, he talked about life as a writer and indicated that this might be his last book.
- We were also too good at maintaining the usual façade of cheerful bonhomie, on the occasions where we did see them.
Synonyms
geniality, congeniality, conviviality, cordiality, affability, amiability, sociability, friendliness, warmth, warm-heartedness, good nature, good humour, joviality, cheerfulness, good cheer, cheeriness, jollity, happiness
Origin
Late 18th century: from French, from bonhomme 'good fellow'.
Rhymes
- go one's separate ways
- go one's way
- gooney bird
- go on fire
- go on one's merry way
- go on (to) the offensive (or take the offensive)
- goony bird
- goop
- goopiness
- goopy
- go (or appeal) to the country
- go (or be) bananas
- go (or be) easy on
- go (or be) under the knife
- go (or come) to post
- go (or come) with the territory
- go (or get) on the scoot
- go (or hunt or run) counter
- Goorkha
- go (or like) gangbusters
- go (or move in or close in) for the kill
- go (or put someone) through the mill
- go (or run) deep
- go (or run) round in circles
- go (or run) to seed