Synonyms for happy
ˈhæp ihap·py

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.2 / 23 votes

1. happyadjective

   Antonyms:
   sad, unhappy

2. happyadjective

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, sad

3. happyadjective

   Favored by luck or fortune; lucky.

   Synonyms:
   content, delighted, exultant, fortunate, lucky, elated, cheerful, prosperous

   Antonyms:
   sad, unhappy

4. happyadjective

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, sad

5. happyadjective

   Antonyms:
   sad, unhappy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. happy

   Happy primarily refers to something that comes "by good hap," a chance that brings prosperity, benefit, or success.

   And grasps the skirts of happy chance.

   Tennyson In Memoriam lxiii, st. 2.

   In this sense happy is closely allied to fortunate and lucky. (See FORTUNATE.) Happy has, however, so far diverged from this original sense as to apply to advantages where chance is not recognized, or is even excluded by direct reference to the divine will, when it becomes almost equivalent to blessed.

   Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.

   Job v, 17.

   Happy is also applied to the ready dexterity or skill by which favorable results (usually in minor matters) are secured, when it becomes a synonym for dexterous, felicitous, and the associated words; as, he has a happy wit; happy at retort (compare CLEVER). In its most frequent present use, happy is applied to the state of one enjoying happiness, or to that by which happiness is expressed; as, a happy heart; a happy face; happy laughter; happy tears (compare synonyms for HAPPINESS). Cheerful applies to the possession or expression of a moderate and tranquil happiness. A cheery word spontaneously gives cheer to others; a cheering word is more distinctly planned to cheer and encourage. Gay applies to an effusive and superficial happiness (often not really worthy of that name) perhaps resulting largely from abundant animal spirits: we speak of gay revelers or a gay horse. A buoyant spirit is, as it were, borne up by joy and hope. A sunny disposition has a constant tranquil brightness that irradiates all who come within its influence.

   Compare synonyms for GRIEF.

   Synonyms:
   blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheering, cheery, delighted, delightful, dexterous, felicitous, fortunate, gay, glad, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, mirthful, pleased, prosperous, rapturous, rejoiced, rejoicing, smiling, sprightly, successful, sunny

   Preposition:
   A happy event for him; happy at a reply; happy in his home, with his friends, among his children; happy at the discovery, over his success.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. happy

   Synonyms:
   lucky, fortunate, felicitous, successful, delighted, joyous, merry, blithesome, prosperous, glad, blissful

   Antonyms:
   unlucky, unfortunate, infelicitous, unsuccessful, sorrowful, sorry, disapointed, dull, lugubrious, desponding, unhappy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 22 votes

1. happyadjective

   enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

   "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

   Synonyms:
   glad, felicitous, well-chosen

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, wretched, infelicitous, unwilling, miserable, lovesick, unfortunate, suffering

2. felicitous, happyadjective

   marked by good fortune

   "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome"

   Synonyms:
   glad, felicitous, well-chosen

   Antonyms:
   lovesick, unwilling, miserable, suffering, unfortunate, infelicitous, unhappy, wretched

3. glad, happyadjective

   eagerly disposed to act or to be of service

   "glad to help"

   Synonyms:
   glad, felicitous, beaming, well-chosen

   Antonyms:
   infelicitous, miserable, wretched, suffering, lovesick, unhappy, unfortunate, unwilling

4. happy, well-chosenadjective

   well expressed and to the point

   "a happy turn of phrase"; "a few well-chosen words"

   Synonyms:
   glad, felicitous, well-chosen

   Antonyms:
   unfortunate, suffering, unhappy, miserable, infelicitous, wretched, unwilling, lovesick

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. zzingo

   to be happy in particular areas.

   i was zzingo in india because we went to a party there.

   Submitted by rinat on December 13, 2015  

2. jovial

   joyous, happy, good natured

   the audience was in a jovial mood.

   Submitted by rinat on December 19, 2015  

3. excited, upbeat, glad

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

4. distressing

   sometimes people are so happy that others find it distressing

   jenna smiled brightly at her mother, who just looked distressed

   Submitted by anonymous on December 1, 2020  

5. overjoyed, cheerful

   i have multiple synonyms just in case some are already on here.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 23, 2021  

6. fragilistice

   it is so so so so and yes and stuff and it is a yes to the yes and that is basic so see you there.

   we didn't believe anything he said about the roof

   Submitted by anonymous on April 23, 2020  

7. joyi

   it means someone is very happy and joyous

   i was so joyi when i went to the concert!

   Submitted by Isabella.hwang on November 3, 2020  

8. kipu

   to feel satisfied, happy.

   he was at peace with himself, he felt kipu.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 27, 2021  

9. natutuwaadjective

   its ok!

   ok

   Submitted by jahzeelgm on September 22, 2021  

10. unangry(p)

    Submitted by Debnams on November 28, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. happyadjective

   Synonyms:
   joyous, joyful, blissful, blessed, blest

2. happyadjective

   Synonyms:
   pleased, gratified, delighted, rejoiced, glad, gladdened, charmed

3. happyadjective

   Synonyms:
   lucky, fortunate, prosperous, successful

4. happyadjective

   Synonyms:
   ready, apt, skilful, adroit, dexterous, expert, able

5. happyadjective

   Synonyms:
   seasonable, opportune, befitting, pertinent, felicitous, well-timed

6. happyadjective

   Synonyms:
   auspicious, propitious, favorable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. happyadjective

   Synonyms:
   joyous, light-hearted, gay, blissful, glad, delighted, elated, merry, ecstatic, buoyant, cheerful, gratified, joyful, beatific, rapturous, felicitous, blithe, halcyon, charmed, exultant, ravishing, gladdened, lucky, prosperous, successful, auspicious

   Antonyms:
   unhappy

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.8 / 8 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "happy":

   pleased, merry, glad, delighted, satisfied, saeed, happiness, feliz, fortunate, joyous, pleasure, content, excited, -merry, good, cheerful, 'heureux, nice, lucky, joyful, gratified, felicitous, upbeat, welcome, grateful, successful, happily, cheery, -happy, pleasant, al-said, fortunately, bonheur, jolly, happier

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1. So Katie:

   I told Dalton I'd rather be happy -- like really, really happy -- for five years of my life and die sooner than be mediocre happy and live for twenty years, that was definitely something I had to think about, but when you have those feelings, you just know.

2. A. A. Milne:

   The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

3. Jackie Irving:

   My family is happy, my kids are in there somewhere right now going crazy, i'm happy, they're happy and I'm grateful for what's been done for us.

4. Rafael Nadal:

   I am happy when I am on Tour, but I am happy without the Tour. I am happy being at home, being with the friends, being with the family, playing some golf, being out with the boat, i enjoy life outside of the Tour, but I really know that this kind of life can wait. So I am happy outside of tennis, but of course I am not happy when I am not on the Tour because I am injured.

5. Bertrand Russell:

   The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.