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

Like most psychedelics, psilocybin’s effects are the result of interactions with a specific type of serotonin receptor in the brain, which both triggers the characteristic hallucinations and euphoria and induces neural plasticity. — Mike McRae 19, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026

Swimming also reduces stress as rhythmic breathing and movement trigger the release of brain chemicals such as endorphins and dopamine, which produce a sense of euphoria and well-being. — Michael McColly, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

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

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