Synonyms for happy
ˈhæp i

Princeton's WordNet(3.96 / 21 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. happy(adj)

   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, happy(adj)

   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, happy(adj)

   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-chosen(adj)

   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

Wiktionary(3.47 / 17 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. happy(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, sad

2. happy(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, sad

3. happy(adjective)

   Favored by luck or fortune; lucky.

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

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, sad

4. happy(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, sad

5. happy(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   sad, unhappy

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 Antonyms(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

4. 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  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. happy(a.)

   Synonyms:
   joyous, joyful, blissful, blessed, blest

2. happy(a.)

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

3. happy(a.)

   Synonyms:
   lucky, fortunate, prosperous, successful

4. happy(a.)

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

5. happy(a.)

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

6. happy(a.)

   Synonyms:
   auspicious, propitious, favorable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. happy(a)

   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 database(1.75 / 8 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   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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How to use happy in a sentence?

1. Olympian Connor Fields:

   I know I may be biased, but I think BMX is so cool and one of the best sports in the world, if being a Ralph Lauren athlete can help get more BMX on TV then I am happy.

2. Kazushige Touhara:

   Although there are many circumstances in which humans utilize olfactory cues for communication, there is no authentic pheromone that has been chemically identified, i believe there is no classic sex pheromone in humans that elicits attractive behavior to the opposite sex. But there are probably crucial odors that affect each other's emotions - for example, a baby's head smell that parents sniff and feel happy, and a woman's axillary (underarm) odors that affect the emotions of males.

3. Mohammad Javad Zarif:

   Happy to see dialog and respect, not threats and impetuousness, swiftly resolved the #sailors episode. Let's learn from this latest example.

4. Luka Doncic:

   I've been talking to a lot of teams but especially Dallas, who were so nice to me, i am just happy to be in the NBA.

5. Ian Woodley:

   A sense of urgency seems to be lacking. More of that would be desirable ... You can't hang on to something forever when everybody knows it's an unwanted asset, they are quite good at promises. Delivery tends to be slower than you would be happy with.

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