riant
adjective
riant is an adjective meaning “Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-A-N-T, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does riant mean?
adjective
- 1
Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
- 2
Of a place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of riant
- more riant comparative
- most riant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is riant?
Riant appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does riant come from?
From French riant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).