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Synonyms & Antonyms of happiness
1
a feeling or state of well-being and contentment
- her happiness was complete when she got her very own house
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Words Related to happiness
- ecstasy,
- euphoria,
- glory,
- heaven,
- nirvana,
- paradise,
- rapture,
- rapturousness,
- ravishment,
- seventh heaven,
- transport
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- comfort,
- exuberance,
- gaiety
- (also gayety),
- gladsomeness,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- jocundity,
- jollity,
- joyfulness,
- joyousness,
- jubilance,
- jubilation,
- lightheartedness,
- merriness,
- mirth
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2
the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
- finally found true happiness as a doctor in a poor rural area
Synonyms for happiness
Words Related to happiness
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- exuberance,
- gaiety
- (also gayety),
- jollity,
- joyfulness,
- jubilation
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3
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
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