happiness
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happiness
- /ˈhæpinɪs/
- /ˈhæpinəs/
noun happinesses · happinesse · happyness
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The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
seek happiness
Similar: felicity, high spirits · Opposite: haplessness, unhappiness, blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness
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Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Opposite: suffering
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Good luck; good fortune.
All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.
Similar: felicity, fortuity, fortune, fortuitousness, good cess, good fortune, good luck, happiness, luck
- Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language. Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care.
Similar: felicity, blessedness, bliss, high spirits, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, gaiety, gayness, gayfulness, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, happiness, hilarity · Opposite: sadness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: felicity, pleasure, glad, glee, delighted, joy, happy, gladness, delight, bliss, cheer, happily, pleased, joyful, rejoicing, jubilation
noun
Similar: felicity, blessedness, bliss, high spirits, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, gaiety, gayness, gayfulness, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, happiness, hilarity · Opposite: sadness
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noun emotion of being happy
| Español | felicidad |
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| 한국어 | 행복 haengbok, 기쁨 gippeum, 즐거움 jeulgeoum, 희열 huiyeol, 열락 yeollak |
| 日本語 | 幸福 kōfuku, 幸せ shiawase, 愉快 yukai |
| 中文 | 幸福 xìngfú, 快樂 /快乐 kuàilè, 愉快 yúkuài |
| हिन्दी | Hindi: हर्ष harṣ, आनंद ānand, सुख sukh, प्रसन्नता prasannatā, आह्लाद āhlād, ख़ुशी xuśī |
| Kiswahili | raha |
| Português | felicidade, alegria |
| Français | bonheur |
| Deutsch | Glück, Glücklichkeit |
| Italiano | felicità, gioia |
| Ελληνικά | ευτυχία eftychía |
| Română | bucurie, fericire |
| Русский | сча́стье sčástʹje, ра́дость rádostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | hạnh phúc |
| العربية | سَعَادَة saʕāda, فَرَح faraḥ |
| עברית | אושר \ אֹשֶׁר 'ósher |
noun agreeable feeling
| 한국어 | 즐거움 jeulgeoum, 기쁨 gippeum, 만족(滿足))) manjok, 충족 chungjok, 열락 yeollak |
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| Português | felicidade, alegria |
| Deutsch | Fröhlichkeit |
| Italiano | felicità, allegria |
| Ελληνικά | ευτυχία eftychía, χαρά chará |
| Русский | сча́стье sčástʹje, ра́дость rádostʹ |
Talk about this word "happiness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/happiness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. happiness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/happiness "happiness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/happiness.Cite this
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title = {happiness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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