happiness

Meanings

Plural: happinesses

Noun

• state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
• emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
• The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
• Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.
• Good luck; good fortune.
• Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.

Synonyms

blessedness, bliss, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentedness, contentness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, felicity, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, gaiety, gayfulness, gayness, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, good fortune, good luck, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, luck, luck of the Irish, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasedness, pleasure

Antonyms

haplessness, happiness, sadness, suffering, unhappiness

Related Words

happy