Synonyms of euphoria

euphoria

noun

yü-ˈfȯr-ē-ə 

as in ecstasy

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

a general euphoria seemed to engulf the city following the World Series win

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ecstasy
• joy
• elation
• happiness
• heaven
• exhilaration
• delight
• frenzy
• intoxication
• high
• rapture
• pleasure
• trance
• joyfulness
• paradise
• bliss
• rhapsody
• transport
• swoon
• glee
• blissfulness
• seventh heaven
• cloud nine
• elatedness
• exaltation
• cheerfulness
• joyousness
• madness
• reverie
• fervor
• gladness
• exuberance
• jubilation
• enchantment
• cheer
• blessedness
• felicity
• inspiration
• jubilance
• gaiety
• passion
• gleefulness
• lightheartedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depression
• sadness
• misery
• unhappiness
• woe
• despair
• wretchedness
• melancholy
• gloom
• dejection
• despondency
• blues
• doldrums
• dreariness
• desolation
• dumps
• gloominess
• heartsickness
• disheartenment
• forlornness
• downheartedness
• dispiritedness
• mopes
• disconsolateness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of euphoria

Styles’s fourth album revels in all those hours spent shouting euphoria into the ears of friends on dance floors and riding the bassy, body-vibrating techno loops until well after the sun comes up. — Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026

This flood of emotions must have ranged from relief to euphoria to mind-splitting fury. — Anne Haley, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Growing worries over whether Big Tech’s massive investments in artificial-intelligence technology will translate into profits and whether chipmaker stocks have soared too high in the euphoria around AI have also buffeted share prices. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

But blowout results, even those released within hours of Microsoft’s, haven’t been greeted with similar euphoria. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026

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