Synonyms for felicity
Most common
joy bliss beatitude blessedness propriety aptness felicitousness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Happiness — the condition of being happy. Intense happiness
bliss, joy, beatitude, blessedness, cheerfulness, joyfulness, mirth, gladness, delight, heaven, merriment, rapture, elation, exuberance, glee, joie de vivre, euphoria, high spirits, transport, blissfulness, ecstasy, jollity
2. Fortune — good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky…
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition of being happy. Intense happiness.
- n. 2
Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.
Related words
- Word family
- felicitous felicitate felicitation
Forms
- Plural
- felicities → blisses, joys, beatitudes, blessednesses…
Choose the right word
Felicity is a philosophical term, colder and more formal than happiness.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- joy Everyone shouted for joy when they heard the news.
- bliss Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
- beatitude Beatitude is superadded to nature.
- propriety Propriety cannot be separated from honesty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| felicity | steady | |
| joy | rising | |
| bliss | rising | |
| beatitude | rising | |
| blessedness | rising | |
| propriety | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- joy1
- 4 letters
- luck1, glee1
- 5 letters
- bliss1, mirth1
- 6 letters
- heaven2
- 7 letters
- success2, fitness2, fortune2, delight2, ecstasy3, rapture2, elation3, jollity, aptness
- 8 letters
- euphoria4, aptitude3, gladness, fortuity
- 9 letters
- transport2, propriety4, merriment, beatitude
- 10 letters
- exuberance4, joyfulness
- 11 letters
- blessedness3
- 12 letters
- cheerfulness3, blissfulness, suitableness
- 14 letters
- felicitousness
- 15 letters
- appropriateness5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heaven2 = 2 syllables).