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Synonyms for ecstatic

25 synonyms
5 antonyms
2 meanings

adjective

Most common

thrilled joyous elated overjoyed delirious rapturous ecstatical

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Elated — extremely happy

happy, elated, overjoyed, joyous, thrilled, giddy, blissful, delighted, euphoric, exultant, rapt, gleeful, joyful, orgasmic, merry, cock-a-hoop, jubilant, cheerful, jovial, gladsome

2. Rapturous — feeling or characterized by ecstasy

rapturous, delirious, enraptured, rhapsodic

Other

Antonyms

sad, solemn, cheerless

All antonyms of ecstatic →

Definitions

adj. 1
Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
adj. 2
Extremely happy.

Related words

Word family: ecstatically

Example sentences

thrilled I thought that Tom would be thrilled to see Mary.
joyous To Boris's joyous surprise, there was a payphone there.
elated He became very elated at the news.
overjoyed I'm overjoyed my son has found such a nice girl.
delirious Gabriel was delirious when the rescuers found him.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
ecstatic		rising
thrilled		rising
joyous		rising
elated		rising
overjoyed		rising
delirious		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: rapt¹
5 letters: happy², merry², giddy²
6 letters: joyful², joyous², elated³, jovial³
7 letters: gleeful²
8 letters: thrilled¹, cheerful², blissful², euphoric³, orgasmic, jubilant³, exultant³, gladsome
9 letters: delighted³, overjoyed³, delirious⁴, rapturous³, rhapsodic³
10 letters: enraptured³, ecstatical

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: extatique
Italiano: estatico