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happiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of happiness

1 a feeling or state of well-being and contentment
  • Her happiness was complete when she got her very own house.
Synonyms of happiness

beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, felicity, gladness, joy
Words Related to happiness

elatedness, elation, exhilaration, exultation

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
Near Antonyms of happiness

agony, anguish, desolation, joylessness, sorrow, woe, woefulness

blues, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolateness, despondency, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, gloom, gloominess, melancholy, mournfulness, plaintiveness
Antonyms of happiness

calamity, ill-being, misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness
2 the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
  • Tom finally found true happiness as a doctor in a poor rural area.
Synonyms of happiness

content, contentedness, contentment, delectation, delight, enjoyment, gladness, gratification, pleasure, relish, satisfaction
Words Related to happiness

afterglow

bliss, felicity, glee, gleefulness, joy

amusement, diversion, entertainment

elatedness, elation, exhilaration, exultation, intoxication

ecstasy, euphoria, heaven, rapture

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), jollity, joyfulness, jubilation

comfort, ease, restfulness
Near Antonyms of happiness

misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness

anguish, desolation, joylessness, sorrow, woe

dejection, depression, despondency, dispiritedness, gloom, melancholy

aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, pique, vexation

anger, fury, rage

agitation, distress, disturbance, upset

discomfort, restlessness, uneasiness
Antonyms of happiness

discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, displeasure, dissatisfaction, unhappiness

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