happiness

hap·pi·ness

noun \ˈha-pē-nəs\

Definition of HAPPINESS

1

obsolete : good fortune : prosperity

2

a : a state of well-being and contentment : joy

b : a pleasurable or satisfying experience

3

: felicity, aptness

Examples of HAPPINESS

1. They made a toast to long life and happiness.
2. <her happiness was complete when she got her very own house>

First Known Use of HAPPINESS

15th century

Related to HAPPINESS

Synonyms

beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, felicity, gladness, joy, warm fuzzies

Antonyms

calamity, ill-being, misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness

Related Words

elatedness, elation, exhilaration, exultation, high, intoxication; ecstasy, euphoria, glory, heaven, nirvana, paradise, rapture, rapturousness, ravishment, seventh heaven, transport; delectation, delight, enjoyment, pleasure; cheer, cheerfulness, comfort, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, jocundity, jollity, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness, merriness, mirth; content, contentedness, gratification, satisfaction, triumph

Near Antonyms

agony, anguish, desolation, joylessness, sorrow, sufferance, woe, woefulness; blues, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolateness, despondency, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, gloom, gloominess, melancholy, mournfulness, plaintiveness; Gehenna, hell, purgatory

Rhymes with HAPPINESS

sappiness, scrappiness, snappiness