Synonyms of happiness

happiness

noun

ˈha-pē-nəs 

1

as in joy

a feeling or state of well-being and contentment

her happiness was complete when she got her very own house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joy
• bliss
• blissfulness
• enjoyment
• joyfulness
• beatitude
• pleasure
• blessedness
• satisfaction
• gladness
• felicity
• ecstasy
• delight
• elation
• warm fuzzies
• exultation
• euphoria
• cheerfulness
• comfort
• exhilaration
• intoxication
• glee
• rapture
• mirth
• joyousness
• high
• nirvana
• contentedness
• gratification
• jubilation
• exuberance
• triumph
• transport
• glory
• ravishment
• jollity
• paradise
• seventh heaven
• lightheartedness
• elatedness
• heaven
• merriness
• jubilance
• gaiety
• delectation
• rapturousness
• content
• gleefulness
• cheer
• gladsomeness
• jocundity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sadness
• unhappiness
• misery
• calamity
• sorrow
• wretchedness
• anguish
• agony
• woe
• depression
• desolation
• sufferance
• melancholy
• ill-being
• gloom
• dejection
• blues
• despondency
• gloominess
• joylessness
• hell
• doldrums
• woefulness
• mournfulness
• purgatory
• cheerlessness
• disheartenment
• plaintiveness
• desolateness
• downheartedness
• dispiritedness
• Gehenna

2

as in contentment

the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met

finally found true happiness as a doctor in a poor rural area

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contentment
• enjoyment
• satisfaction
• pleasure
• content
• joy
• delight
• gratification
• contentedness
• gladness
• joyfulness
• relish
• amusement
• glee
• delectation
• bliss
• entertainment
• cheerfulness
• ecstasy
• elation
• exultation
• euphoria
• felicity
• comfort
• rapture
• exuberance
• jubilation
• exhilaration
• intoxication
• jollity
• gleefulness
• afterglow
• pleasance
• diversion
• gaiety
• heaven
• restfulness
• elatedness
• cheer
• ease
• joie de vivre

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unhappiness
• dissatisfaction
• sadness
• misery
• discontent
• unhappiness
• sorrow
• displeasure
• depression
• anguish
• wretchedness
• woe
• melancholy
• anger
• discontentment
• gloom
• irritation
• discontentedness
• dejection
• desolation
• distress
• despondency
• annoyance
• exasperation
• rage
• aggravation
• vexation
• joylessness
• fury
• disturbance
• agitation
• discomfort
• upset
• restlessness
• uneasiness
• dispiritedness
• pique

3

as in fitness

the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting

the striking happiness of the phrase "fatal attraction" as the title for an erotic thriller

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fitness
• relevance
• usefulness
• felicity
• validity
• applicability
• relevancy
• rightness
• appropriateness
• suitability
• aptness
• propriety
• seemliness
• convenience
• suitableness
• properness
• felicitousness
• compatibility
• appositeness
• fittingness
• agreeableness
• acceptability
• harmoniousness
• congruity
• justifiability
• connection
• adequacy
• pertinence
• bearing
• expediency
• satisfactoriness
• materiality
• expedience
• serviceableness
• adequateness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrongness
• unfitness
• infelicity
• impropriety
• incompatibility
• unsuitability
• inappropriateness
• incongruity
• disagreeableness
• incongruence
• irrelevance
• inexpediency
• inaptness
• unseemliness
• irrelevancy
• meaninglessness
• inapplicability
• inappositeness
• improperness
• immateriality
• pointlessness
• incongruousness
• inharmoniousness
• inexpedience
• unbecomingness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of happiness

Their citizens have access to healthcare, childcare and educational opportunities regardless of income, and these nations consistently rank among the world’s highest in measures of quality of life and happiness. — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026

Studies have shown that losing yourself in the night sky can help calm the nervous system and increase happiness. — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026

In the second experiment, 12 dogs viewed faces expressing happiness, anger, fear and sadness. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

There are endless reasons to plan a trip—to celebrate a big moment, discover new cultures, try new foods, or meet up with lifelong friends—and finding a bit of happiness is certainly up there. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026