Happy

/ˈhæp.i/

Synonyms for "happy" (319 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (64)

Strong matches (96)

Related words (159)

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Adjective(8 words)
Adjective(30 words)
happy as a clamhappy as a clam at high waterhappy as a larkhappy as a pig in mudhappy as a pig in shithappy as a princehappy as larryhappy as the day is longheartyhigh on lifejovialjoyfulmerrymerry as a cricketmerry as a grigmirthsomeon cloud nineover the moonoverjoyedoverjoyous
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Noun(2 words)

How these synonyms differ

  • cheerful - 'Cheerful' emphasizes outward expression, a cheerful person shows their happiness to others through their demeanor.
  • content - 'Content' is quieter than 'happy', it suggests peaceful satisfaction rather than active pleasure.
  • elated - 'Elated' is stronger, it suggests being lifted up with excitement. Reserve it for genuine highs, not routine satisfaction.
  • glad - 'Glad' is milder and usually situational, you're glad about something specific, while 'happy' describes a broader emotional state.
  • joyful - 'Joyful' implies deeper, more intense happiness with a literary or spiritual quality. Use it for peak moments, not everyday contentment.

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

5 entries
emotional stateinterjectionlinguistic expressionoutcomewording

More specific

13 entries
affirmative exclamationappropriate phrasingapt phrasingauspiciouscheerfulcontentedelatedexclamationexclamatory responsefitting wordingfortunatejoy exclamationlucky

Collocations

12 entries
accidentbirthdaycoincidenceendinghappy accidenthappy birthdayhappy dayshappy endinghappy hourhappy mediummemorymood

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

6 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

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Translations

92 translations across 56 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • gelukkig adj (fortunate, lucky)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • εὐτυχής adj (fortunate, lucky)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مَحْظُوظ adj (fortunate, lucky)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • bəxti gətirən adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • bəxtli adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • bəxtəvər adj (fortunate, lucky)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • удачен adj (fortunate, lucky)

Catalan

2 entries
  • afortunat adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • feliç adj (fortunate, lucky)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بەختەوەر adj (fortunate, lucky)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 幸運的 /幸运的 adj (fortunate, lucky)

Czech

1 entries
  • šťastný adj (fortunate, lucky)

Danish

1 entries
  • heldig adj (fortunate, lucky)

Dutch

1 entries
  • gelukkig adj (fortunate, lucky)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • feliĉa adj (fortunate, lucky)

Estonian

1 entries
  • õnnelik adj (fortunate, lucky)

Finnish

3 entries
  • hyvä adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • onnekas adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • onnellinen adj (fortunate, lucky)

French

2 entries
  • chanceux adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • heureux adj (fortunate, lucky)

Galician

1 entries
  • afortunado adj (fortunate, lucky)

German

1 entries
  • glücklich adj (fortunate, lucky)

Greek

2 entries
  • ευτυχής adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • ευτυχισμένος adj (fortunate, lucky)

Hindi

2 entries
  • ख़ुश adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • प्रसन्न adj (fortunate, lucky)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szerencsés adj (fortunate, lucky)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • heppilegur adj (fortunate, lucky)

Ido

1 entries
  • fortunoza adj (fortunate, lucky)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • mujur adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • untung adj (fortunate, lucky)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • onnekas adj (fortunate, lucky)

Irish

3 entries
  • sona adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • sonasach adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • séanmhar adj (fortunate, lucky)

Italian

1 entries
  • fortunato adj (fortunate, lucky)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 幸運な adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • 運のよい adj (fortunate, lucky)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សប្បាយ adj (fortunate, lucky)

Korean

1 entries
  • 운좋은 adj (fortunate, lucky)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ырыстуу adj (fortunate, lucky)

Ladino

4 entries
  • afortunado adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • felis adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • mazalozo adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • mazaludo adj (fortunate, lucky)

Latin

1 entries
  • felix adj (fortunate, lucky)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • laimingas adj (fortunate, lucky)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • glécklech adj (fortunate, lucky)

Mizo

1 entries
  • vannei adj (fortunate, lucky)

Norman

1 entries
  • heûtheux adj (fortunate, lucky)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • heldig adj (fortunate, lucky)

Occitan

4 entries
  • astruc adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • aürós adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • benastrat adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • benastruc adj (fortunate, lucky)

Old English

1 entries
  • ġesǣliġ adj (fortunate, lucky)

Old Spanish

1 entries
  • felix adj (fortunate, lucky)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 adj (fortunate, lucky)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قوتلو adj (fortunate, lucky)

Polish

1 entries
  • szczęśliwy adj (fortunate, lucky)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • feliz adj (fortunate, lucky)

Romanian

1 entries
  • norocos adj (fortunate, lucky)

Russian

2 entries
  • счастли́вый adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • уда́чный adj (fortunate, lucky)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sretan adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • srećan adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • сретан adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • срећан adj (fortunate, lucky)

Slovak

1 entries
  • šťastný adj (fortunate, lucky)

Slovene

1 entries
  • srečen adj (fortunate, lucky)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • урматту adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • ырысту adj (fortunate, lucky)

Spanish

2 entries
  • afortunado adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • feliz adj (fortunate, lucky)

Swedish

2 entries
  • gynnsam adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • lyckad adj (fortunate, lucky)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • masaya adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • suwerte adj (fortunate, lucky)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అదృవ్ష్టవంతమైన adj (fortunate, lucky)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kutlu adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • şanslı adj (fortunate, lucky)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • hạnh phúc adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • may adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • may mắn adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • sung sướng adj (fortunate, lucky)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

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Don't worry, be happy!

Source: tatoeba (1800)

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.

Source: tatoeba (2268)

You look happy today.

Source: tatoeba (16127)

Are you happy?

Source: tatoeba (16164)

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