Synonyms for Happiness
ˈhæp i nɪshap·pi·ness

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1. happinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   felicity, joy, bliss, blessedness

   Antonyms:
   haplessness, unhappiness

2. happinessnoun

   The emotion of being happy; joy.

   Synonyms:
   felicity, joy, blessedness, bliss

   Antonyms:
   haplessness, unhappiness

3. happinessnoun

   Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.

   Synonyms:
   blessedness, bliss, joy, felicity

   Antonyms:
   haplessness, unhappiness

4. happinessnoun

   Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; — used especially of language.

   Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness, as well as care. — Alexander Pope.

   Synonyms:
   joy, blessedness, felicity, bliss

   Antonyms:
   unhappiness, haplessness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. happiness

   Gratification is the giving any mental or physical desire something that it craves; satisfaction is the giving such a desire all that it craves. Happiness is the positively agreeable experience that springs from the possession of good, the gratification or satisfaction of the desires or the relief from pain and evil. Comfort may be almost wholly negative, being found in security or relief from that which pains or annoys; there is comfort by a warm fireside on a wintry night; the sympathy of a true friend affords comfort in sorrow. Enjoyment is more positive, always implying something to be definitely and consciously delighted in; a sick person finds comfort in relief from pain, while he may be far from a state of enjoyment. Pleasure is still more vivid, being an arousing of the faculties to an intensely agreeable activity; satisfaction is more tranquil than pleasure, being the agreeable consciousness of having all that our faculties demand or crave; when a worthy pleasure is past, a worthy satisfaction remains. As referring to a mental state, gratification is used to denote a mild form of happiness resulting from some incident not of very great importance; satisfaction should properly express a happiness deeper, more complete, and more abiding; but as intellect or sensibilities of a low order may find satisfaction in that which is very poor or unworthy, the word has come to be feeble and tame in ordinary use. Happiness is more positive than comfort, enjoyment, or satisfaction, more serene and rational than pleasure; pleasure is of necessity transient; happiness is abiding, and may be eternal; thus, we speak of pleasures, but the plural of happiness is scarcely used. Happiness, in the full sense, is mental or spiritual or both, and is viewed as resulting from some worthy gratification or satisfaction; we may speak of a brute as experiencing comfort or pleasure, but scarcely as in possession of happiness; we speak of vicious pleasure, delight, or joy, but not of vicious happiness. Felicity is a philosophical term, colder and more formal than happiness. Gladness is happiness that overflows, expressing itself in countenance, voice, manner, and action. Joy is more intense than happiness, deeper than gladness, to which it is akin, nobler and more enduring than pleasure. Gaiety is more superficial than joy, more demonstrative than gladness. Rejoicing is happiness or joy that finds utterance in word, song, festivity, etc. Delight is vivid, overflowing happiness of a somewhat transient kind; ecstasy is a state of extreme or extravagant delight so that the one affected by it seems almost beside himself with joy; rapture is closely allied to ecstasy, but is more serene, exalted, and enduring. Triumph is such joy as results from victory, success, achievement. Blessedness is at once the state and the sense of being divinely blessed; as, the blessedness of the righteous. Bliss is ecstatic, perfected happiness; as, the bliss of heaven. Compare COMFORT.

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   Synonyms:
   blessedness, bliss, cheer, comfort, contentment, delight, ecstasy, enjoyment, felicity, gaiety, gladness, gratification, joy, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rapture, rejoicing, satisfaction, triumph

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. happiness

   Synonyms:
   enjoyment, wellbeing

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. happiness, felicitynoun

   state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

   Synonyms:
   felicitousness, happiness, felicity

   Antonyms:
   unhappiness, sadness

2. happinessnoun

   emotions experienced when in a state of well-being

   Synonyms:
   felicity

   Antonyms:
   unhappiness, sadness

Matched Categories

1. • Emotional State
   • Feeling

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. khushi

   khushi is basically a hindi name . actual meaning of khushi is happiness

   it’s actual a feeling so there is no appropriate example

   Submitted by Shamasharma204 on April 18, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. happinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   felicity, bliss, beatitude, blessedness, enjoyment, welfare, well-being, prosperity

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. happinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   felicity, blessedness, delight, gladness, pleasure, ecstasy, bliss, rapture, merriment, mirth, elation, beatitude, joy

   Antonyms:
   sorrow, grief

   Associated words:
   eudemonics, eudemonist, eudemonism, eudemonic, beatify, beatification, hedonics, hedonist, hedonic, hedonism, felicific, felicitate, felicitation

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "happiness":

   bonheur, joy, bliss, happy, luck, well-being, fuk, delight, excellency, pleasure

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How to use Happiness in a sentence?

1. Raven Anderson:

   They were great kids, they were smart, full of happiness, energy. They were, they just loved life, honestly it would just be great if everyone just continued to pray.

2. CountDracula18:

   I am not different because I celebrate the life of the person at funerals with smiles and happiness, or that I am considered an outsider… I am different because I am NOT YOU.

3. George Bernard Shaw:

   A lifetime of happiness No man alive could bear it it would be hell on earth.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   The greatest investment in life is the investment of unconditional love, as a profit you will get the greatest gift of life: happiness.

5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   The secret of life is love, but the purpose of life is happiness.