Synonyms for happy
- adjective
- verb
Most common
glad delighted joyful bright fortunate lucky fortuitous felicitous
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Glad — having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such…
glad, delighted, joyful, bright, elated, ecstatic, cheerful, joyous, satisfied, thrilled, merry, gratified, cheery, prosperous, overjoyed, blissful, ready, willing, smiling, giddy, exultant, blithe UK
2. Fortunate — experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky
fortunate, lucky, blessed, charmed, well, favorable US, favourable UK, auspicious, propitious, golden, opportune, seasonable
3. Fortuitous — experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky. Elect or saved…
4. Felicitous
Other
pleased, contented, just, blest, tickled pink informal, fat and happy, riant rare
Verb
1. Cheer up — often followed by up, to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
Music makes me feel happy.
- adj. 2
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky.
- v. 1
Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
- v. 2
Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- happied
e.g. happied → chirked, blithened, delighted, happified…
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Happy, in this connection, signifies possessed of the means of happiness. One is said to be happy or prosperous whether his prosperity be the result of fortune or of achievement; prospered rather denotes the action of a superintending Providence.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- glad First of all, let me say how glad I am to be here.
- delighted The very idea of being sent abroad delighted them.
- joyful Beautiful fireworks conclude these two joyful days.
- elated He became very elated at the news.
- lucky I am very lucky to have friends who care about me.
- fortunate You are very fortunate that you have such friends.
By length
- 4 letters
- just1, well1, glad1
- 5 letters
- ready2, lucky2, merry2, giddy2, blest1, chirk, riant
- 6 letters
- golden2, bright1, joyful2, joyous2, elated3, cheery2, blithe1
- 7 letters
- willing2, pleased1, smiling2, blessed1, delight2, charmed1, blithen, happify
- 8 letters
- thrilled1, cheerful2, ecstatic3, blissful2, exultant3
- 9 letters
- satisfied3, delighted3, fortunate3, favorable4, overjoyed3, contented3, befitting3, opportune3, gratified3
- 10 letters
- prosperous3, favourable, auspicious3, fortuitous4, propitious3, felicitous4, seasonable4
- 12 letters
- providential4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ready2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- heureux
- Italiano
- felice
- Español
- afortunado
- Deutsch
- glücklich
- Català
- feliç