happiness
[noun]
Synonyms: joy, bliss, cheerfulness, contentment, delight, ecstasy, elation, jubilation, pleasure, satisfaction

---

Antonyms: unhappiness
Contrasted words: discontent, dissatisfaction, vexation, cheerlessness, despair, desperation, despondency, hopelessness, distress, misery, wretchedness
Related Words: content, contentedness, satisfaction, cheer, cheerfulness, felicity, gladness, gaiety, jollity, joy, delectation, delight, enjoyment, pleasure

---

English Thesaurus: happiness, pleasure, cheerfulness, satisfaction, contentment, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

hap‧pi‧ness /ˈhæpinəs, ˈhæpinɪs/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: happiness ≠ unhappiness; adverb: happily ≠ unhappily; adjective: happy ≠ unhappy]
the state of being happy:
Juliet’s eyes shone with happiness.
We want our children to have the best possible chance of happiness.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

happiness
noun
ADJ. deep, great | perfect, pure, sheer, true | eternal, lasting | future Living together before you marry is no guarantee of future happiness.
earthly | human | personal | domestic, family, marital
VERB + HAPPINESS be filled with, feel | glow with Her face was glowing with happiness.
cry with, sigh with, weep with | achieve, find She seems to have found happiness with her new husband.
bring (sb) It is easy to believe that money brings happiness.
buy (sb) You cannot buy happiness.
wish sb
PREP. with ~ | ~ at He was weeping with happiness at being free.
PHRASES a feeling of happiness, wish sb every happiness We wish them every happiness in their new life.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

happiness

great happiness (=a lot of happiness)
His grandchildren bring him great happiness.
true/real happiness (=having all the qualities which happiness should have)
At last, she found true happiness with a man she loved.
perfect/pure/sheer happiness (=happiness that is as good as it can be)
The birth of my child was a moment of sheer happiness.
human happiness (=happiness felt by people)
One of the greatest sources of human happiness is love.
personal happiness
In Oxford, he at last found personal happiness and intellectual fulfilment.
lasting happiness (=happiness that continues)
Leonie had found a lasting happiness in her relationship with Jim.
future happiness
Living together before you marry is no guarantee of future happiness.
domestic happiness (=happiness that comes from family relationships and life at home)
After six years with Joe, the normality of domestic happiness bored her.
marital happiness (=happiness that comes from being married)
Does being similar to your wife or husband lead to marital happiness?
find happiness
It’s a story about a music composer who unexpectedly finds happiness as a teacher.
bring (somebody) happiness (=make someone happy)
He wrongly believes that money can bring happiness.
achieve happiness
He would never achieve true happiness until he took control of his life.
be filled with happiness
As I drove back home, I was filled with happiness.
glow with happiness (=look very happy)
The bride’s face seemed to glow with happiness.
wish somebody (every) happiness/wish (every) happiness to somebody (=say that you hope someone will have a happy life)
I would like you to join me in wishing every happiness to Annabelle and Steven.
a feeling of happiness
Being by the ocean gave her a feeling of great happiness.
the pursuit of happiness (=the act of trying to achieve happiness)
The Declaration of Independence guarantees ‘liberty’ and ‘the pursuit of happiness.’

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

happiness the feeling of being happy:
Happiness is more important than money.
I could see the happiness in her eyes.
pleasure the feeling you have when you enjoy doing something, or when something happens that you enjoy:
Are you taking the trip for business or pleasure?
His music has given pleasure to a great many people over the years.
cheerfulness happy feelings, which show in your expression, your voice, and your behaviour:
'Morning, everybody!' she said with a loud cheerfulness.
His normal cheerfulness seemed to have returned.
satisfaction the feeling you have when you have done something well, or when something is as good as it should be:
She stood back and looked at her work with satisfaction.
He gets a lot of satisfaction from helping young people in his coaching job.
contentment a quietly happy and satisfied feeling:
Joey sighed with contentment, snuggling down in his warm bed.
joy especially written a feeling of great happiness:
The sisters hugged and cried tears of joy.
It was a day of great joy for the whole town.
Most people would be jumping with joy.
delight the feeling you have when you are very pleased and excited because something good has happened:
They watched with delight as their new son started walking.
To her delight, she discovered the perfect wedding present.
bliss a feeling of very great happiness and great pleasure – used when something has a great effect on your senses:
Lying in the warm sun and listening to the sea felt like sheer bliss (=complete bliss).
Her idea of bliss is to be curled up on the sofa watching a romantic comedy with a big bowl of popcorn.
The happy couple looked a picture of domestic bliss.
elation written a feeling of great happiness and excitement, especially because you have achieved something or something good has happened to you:
As they reached the top, the climbers experienced a moment of elation.
Her mood suddenly changed from tears and misery to a feeling of elation.
euphoria an extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement, especially because you have achieved something, or because of the effects of a drug:
The euphoria that new parents feel quickly changes to exhaustion.
The euphoria of Ireland’s amazing victory over England last Sunday has died away.
The drug produces a feeling of euphoria.
ecstasy an extremely strong feeling of happiness and pleasure, especially sexual pleasure:
It was a moment of sheer ecstacy (=complete ecstacy).
the ecstasy of their love-making

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

pleasure the feeling you have when you are doing something you enjoy or when something very nice has happened to you:
Most craftsmen get a lot of pleasure out of making things.
His music has brought pleasure to people all over the world.
happiness the feeling you have when you are happy:
Happiness is more important than money.
Pauline was willing to do anything for her children’s happiness.
I doubt she’ll find happiness with Gary.
joy especially written a deep feeling of great happiness, because something good has happened:
It’s hard to describe the joy we felt, seeing each other again after so many years.
They danced with joy when they heard the news.
delight great happiness and excitement, because something good that has happened:
To the audience’s delight, she agreed to play another song.
Imagine my delight when I found out that the house was for sale.
contentment a quietly happy and satisfied feeling, especially because you are happy with your work, your life etc:
He moved to the country and found contentment for the first time in his life.
She settled back in her chair and sighed with contentment.
euphoria /juːˈfɔːria $ jʊ-/ an extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement that continues for a short time:
The whole country experienced a period of euphoria after the war ended.
the euphoria that parents feel after the birth of a child
elation /ɪˈleɪʃən/ formal a strong feeling of happiness and excitement, especially because you have achieved something:
After she had made her first landing, she experienced a great sense of elation.
The troops’ sense of elation at the victory was not to last.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲