Happy

//ˈhæp.i//

Synonyms for "happy" (359 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (72)

Strong matches (108)

Adjective(2 words)
felicitousglad

Related words (179)

gloriousglowinggoldengoodgratifiedhappifyhighhopefulin good spiritsin high spiritsin liquorin seventh heavenincidentalinebriateinebriatedinebriousinspiredintoxicatedirrepressiblejaunty
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jollyjoyfuljoyousjubilantjustjust rightleapinglightlight-heartedlightheartedlikelyluckymaudlinmeetmellowmerrymeshingmirthfulmuddlednappyniceof good cheerof good comfortof good omenof happy portentof promiseon cloud nineon the buttonopportuneoptimisticoverjoyedpatpleasantpleasedpleased as punchpoliticprofitablepromisingproperpropitiousprovidentialpurringqualifiedradiantraptreadyrecommendablereconciledreelingrelevantresignedriantrightriperollickingrosysanguinesanguineoussans soucisatisfiedseasonableseemlyshikkersingingsmilingsmirkingsoddensortablesottedsparklingstarry eyedstarry-eyedsuitablesuitedsuitingsunnytailoredtellingthrice happythrilledtickled pinktiddlytimelytipsyto be desiredto the pointto the purposeuncomplainingunder the influenceunrepiningurbaneusefulwellwell chosenwell-chosenwell-expressedwell-putwell-timedwillingwinsomewisewithout careworthwhile
Adjective(1 words)
well-chosen

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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18 relation types

More general

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More specific

1 entries

Antonyms

8 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

2 entries

causes desire

1 entries

coordinate

2 entries

derived

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derived from

1 entries

distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has first_subevent

1 entries

has prerequisite

3 entries

has subevent

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is a

1 entries

motivated by_goal

1 entries

related to

95 entries

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similar

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Translations

418 translations across 130 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • bly adj (contented, joyous)
  • gelukkig adj (contented, joyous)
  • gelukkig adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • gelukkig adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Albanian

3 entries
  • (i) gëzuar adj (contented, joyous)
  • i kënaqur adj (contented, joyous)
  • i lumtur adj (contented, joyous)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • εὐτυχής adj (fortunate, lucky)

Arabic

4 entries
  • سعيد adj (contented, joyous)
  • سَعِيد adj (contented, joyous)
  • فرحان adj (contented, joyous)
  • فَرِح adj (contented, joyous)

Armenian

2 entries
  • երջանիկ adj (contented, joyous)
  • ուրախ adj (contented, joyous)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • ambar adj (contented, joyous)
  • hãrios adj (contented, joyous)

Assamese

1 entries
  • সুখী adj (contented, joyous)

Asturian

4 entries
  • contentu adj (contented, joyous)
  • feliz adj (contented, joyous)
  • gayasperu adj (contented, joyous)
  • gayoleru adj (contented, joyous)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • bəxti gətirən adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • bəxtiyar adj (contented, joyous)
  • bəxtli adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • bəxtəvər adj (fortunate, lucky)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • бәхетле adj (contented, joyous)

Basque

1 entries
  • pozik adj (contented, joyous)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ра́дасны adj (contented, joyous)
  • шчаслі́вы adj (contented, joyous)

Bengali

1 entries
  • খুশি adj (contented, joyous)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • maugma adj (contented, joyous)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • gumbira adj (contented, joyous)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • доволен adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • ра́достен adj (contented, joyous)
  • уда́чен adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)
  • удачен adj (fortunate, lucky)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ပျော် adj (contented, joyous)
  • ရွှင်ပျ adj (contented, joyous)

Catalan

4 entries
  • afortunat adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • alegre adj (contented, joyous)
  • content adj (contented, joyous)
  • feliç adj (contented, joyous)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • بەختەوەر adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • خەنی adj (contented, joyous)
  • دڵ خۆش adj (contented, joyous)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • pya'kijnani adj (contented, joyous)

Chechen

1 entries
  • реза adj (contented, joyous)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 快樂 /快乐 adj (contented, joyous)
  • 歡喜 /欢喜 adj (contented, joyous)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 高興 /高兴 adj (contented, joyous)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 幸福 adj (contented, joyous)
  • 幸運的 /幸运的 adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • 快樂 /快乐 adj (contented, joyous)
  • 快樂 /快乐 adj (may you have a happy)

Cornish

2 entries
  • lowen adj (contented, joyous)
  • lowen adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Czech

4 entries
  • radostný adj (contented, joyous)
  • spokojený adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • šťastný adj (contented, joyous)
  • šťastný adj (fortunate, lucky)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • alegr adj (contented, joyous)

Danish

3 entries
  • glad adj (contented, joyous)
  • heldig adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • lykkelig adj (contented, joyous)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bedreven adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)
  • blij adj (contented, joyous)
  • gelukkig adj (contented, joyous)
  • gelukkig adj (fortunate, lucky)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • feliĉa adj (contented, joyous)
  • feliĉa adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • feliĉa adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)
  • kontenta pri adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Estonian

2 entries
  • õnnelik adj (contented, joyous)
  • õnnelik adj (fortunate, lucky)

Faroese

1 entries
  • glaður adj (contented, joyous)

Fijian

1 entries
  • marau adj (contented, joyous)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aulis adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)
  • halukas adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • hyvä adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • hyvä adj (may you have a happy)

French

4 entries
  • bienheureuse adj (contented, joyous)
  • bienheureux adj (contented, joyous)
  • bon adj (may you have a happy)
  • chanceux adj (fortunate, lucky)

Friulian

1 entries
  • feliç adj (contented, joyous)

Galician

3 entries
  • afortunado adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • feliz adj (contented, joyous)
  • ledo adj (contented, joyous)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბედნიერი adj (contented, joyous)
  • საბედნიერო adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)

German

4 entries
  • freudig adj (contented, joyous)
  • froh adj (contented, joyous)
  • fröhlich adj (contented, joyous)
  • glücklich adj (fortunate, lucky)

Greek

4 entries
  • ευτυχής adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • ευτυχής adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)
  • ευτυχισμένος adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • ευτυχισμένος adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • kontan adj (contented, joyous)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • hauʻoli adj (contented, joyous)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מאושר adj (contented, joyous)
  • שָׂמֵחַ adj (contented, joyous)

Hindi

4 entries
  • ख़ुश adj (contented, joyous)
  • ख़ुश adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • प्रसन्न adj (contented, joyous)
  • प्रसन्न adj (fortunate, lucky)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • boldog adj (contented, joyous)
  • elégedett adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • meg van elégedve adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • szerencsés adj (fortunate, lucky)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • hamingjusamur adj (contented, joyous)
  • heppilegur adj (fortunate, lucky)

Ido

2 entries
  • felica adj (contented, joyous)
  • fortunoza adj (fortunate, lucky)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • mujur adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • senang adj (contented, joyous)
  • untung adj (fortunate, lucky)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • hyvämeeliin adj (contented, joyous)
  • onnekas adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • onnelikas adj (contented, joyous)
  • osalliin adj (contented, joyous)

Irish

4 entries
  • sona adj (contented, joyous)
  • sona adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • sonasach adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • sásta adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Italian

4 entries
  • contento adj (contented, joyous)
  • contento adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • felice adj (contented, joyous)
  • felice adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 嬉しい adj (contented, joyous)
  • 幸せな adj (contented, joyous)
  • 幸福な adj (contented, joyous)
  • 幸運な adj (fortunate, lucky)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • filís adj (contented, joyous)

Kaingang

1 entries
  • mrir adj (contented, joyous)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • аруақты adj (contented, joyous)
  • базарлы adj (contented, joyous)
  • бақытты adj (contented, joyous)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • mōnglīng adj (contented, joyous)

Khmer

2 entries
  • រីករាយ adj (contented, joyous)
  • សប្បាយ adj (fortunate, lucky)

Korean

4 entries
  • 기뻐하다 adj (contented, joyous)
  • 기쁘다 adj (contented, joyous)
  • 만족하다 adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • 운좋은 adj (fortunate, lucky)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • бактылуу adj (contented, joyous)
  • ырыстуу adj (contented, joyous)
  • ырыстуу adj (fortunate, lucky)

Ladino

4 entries
  • afortunado adj (contented, joyous)
  • afortunado adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • alegre adj (contented, joyous)
  • feliche adj (contented, joyous)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກະຈົວະກະຈວກ adj (contented, joyous)
  • ກະເຈາະກະຈອກ adj (contented, joyous)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • laimeigs adj (contented, joyous)

Latin

3 entries
  • beatus adj (contented, joyous)
  • felix adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • laetus adj (contented, joyous)

Latvian

2 entries
  • laimīgs adj (contented, joyous)
  • priecīgs adj (contented, joyous)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • feliçe adj (contented, joyous)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • laimingas adj (contented, joyous)
  • laimingas adj (fortunate, lucky)

Lombard

1 entries
  • felice adj (contented, joyous)

Louisiana Creole

3 entries
  • gé adj (contented, joyous)
  • konten adj (contented, joyous)
  • èrè adj (contented, joyous)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • glécklech adj (contented, joyous)
  • glécklech adj (fortunate, lucky)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • радосен adj (contented, joyous)
  • среќен adj (contented, joyous)

Malay

3 entries
  • bahagia adj (contented, joyous)
  • gembira adj (contented, joyous)
  • suka hati adj (contented, joyous)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • സന്തുഷ്ട adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • സന്തോഷിപ്പിക്കുന്ന adj (contented, joyous)

Maltese

2 entries
  • ferħan adj (contented, joyous)
  • kuntenti adj (contented, joyous)

Manx

1 entries
  • maynrey adj (contented, joyous)

Mazanderani

1 entries
  • خار adj (contented, joyous)

Middle English

1 entries
  • wynne adj (contented, joyous)

Mizo

2 entries
  • hlim adj (contented, joyous)
  • vannei adj (fortunate, lucky)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • азтай adj (contented, joyous)
  • баяртай adj (contented, joyous)
  • жаргалтай adj (contented, joyous)

Norman

2 entries
  • heûtheux adj (contented, joyous)
  • heûtheux adj (fortunate, lucky)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • bliir adj (contented, joyous)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • glad adj (contented, joyous)
  • heldig adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • lykkelig adj (contented, joyous)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • fornøyd adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • tilfreds adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • fornøgd adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Occitan

4 entries
  • astruc adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • aürós adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • benastrat adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • benastrat adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)

Old English

2 entries
  • blīþe adj (contented, joyous)
  • ġesǣliġ adj (fortunate, lucky)

Old Spanish

1 entries
  • felix adj (fortunate, lucky)

Old Tupi

2 entries
  • ory adj (contented, joyous)
  • oryb adj (contented, joyous)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 adj (fortunate, lucky)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • سرخوش adj (contented, joyous)
  • قوتلو adj (fortunate, lucky)

Persian

4 entries
  • خرسند adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • خرم adj (contented, joyous)
  • خشنود adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • خوش adj (contented, joyous)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • felice adj (contented, joyous)

Plautdietsch

3 entries
  • freelich adj (contented, joyous)
  • froo adj (contented, joyous)
  • schaftich adj (contented, joyous)

Polish

4 entries
  • radosny adj (contented, joyous)
  • szczęśliwy adj (contented, joyous)
  • szczęśliwy adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • zadowolony adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Portuguese

4 entries
  • contente adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • feliz adj (contented, joyous)
  • feliz adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • feliz adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Quechua

2 entries
  • kusi adj (contented, joyous)
  • kusisqa adj (contented, joyous)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • kúci adj (contented, joyous)

Romani

3 entries
  • baxtale adj (contented, joyous)
  • baxtali adj (contented, joyous)
  • baxtalo adj (contented, joyous)

Romanian

4 entries
  • bucuros adj (contented, joyous)
  • fericit adj (contented, joyous)
  • fericit adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)
  • fericit adj (may you have a happy)

Romansch

4 entries
  • alleger adj (contented, joyous)
  • cuntaint adj (contented, joyous)
  • cuntent adj (contented, joyous)
  • legher adj (contented, joyous)

Russian

4 entries
  • ра́достный adj (contented, joyous)
  • счастли́вый adj (contented, joyous)
  • счастли́вый adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • уда́чный adj (fortunate, lucky)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • प्रसन्न adj (contented, joyous)
  • सुखिन् adj (contented, joyous)

Scots

1 entries
  • blithe adj (contented, joyous)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • sona adj (contented, joyous)
  • sàsaichte adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))
  • toilichte adj (contented, joyous)
  • toilichte adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sretan adj (contented, joyous)
  • sretan adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • srećan adj (contented, joyous)
  • srećan adj (fortunate, lucky)

Shor

1 entries
  • ырыстығ adj (contented, joyous)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • filici adj (contented, joyous)

Slovak

4 entries
  • rada adj (contented, joyous)
  • radostný adj (contented, joyous)
  • rád adj (contented, joyous)
  • spokojný adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Slovene

2 entries
  • srečen adj (contented, joyous)
  • srečen adj (fortunate, lucky)

Southern Altai

4 entries
  • урматту adj (contented, joyous)
  • урматту adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • ырысту adj (contented, joyous)
  • ырысту adj (fortunate, lucky)

Spanish

4 entries
  • afortunado adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • alegre adj (contented, joyous)
  • contento adj (contented, joyous)
  • feliz adj (contented, joyous)

Swahili

1 entries
  • furahifu adj (contented, joyous)

Swedish

4 entries
  • glad adj (contented, joyous)
  • gynnsam adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • lyckad adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • lycklig adj (contented, joyous)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • maligaya adj (may you have a happy)
  • masaya adj (contented, joyous)
  • masaya adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • suwerte adj (fortunate, lucky)

Tajik

2 entries
  • хушбахт adj (contented, joyous)
  • хушҳол adj (contented, joyous)

Tatar

1 entries
  • бәхетле adj (contented, joyous)

Telugu

3 entries
  • అదృవ్ష్టవంతమైన adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • ప్రశాంతం adj (contented, joyous)
  • ప్రసన్నత adj (contented, joyous)

Thai

3 entries
  • ดีใจ adj (contented, joyous)
  • มีความสุข adj (contented, joyous)
  • ยินดี adj (content (to do something); having no objection (to something))

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • sākre adj (contented, joyous)

Tongan

1 entries
  • fiefia adj (contented, joyous)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kutlu adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • mutlu adj (contented, joyous)
  • şanslı adj (fortunate, lucky)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • hoşbagt adj (contented, joyous)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ра́дісний adj (contented, joyous)
  • щасли́вий adj (contented, joyous)
  • щасли́вий adj (apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious)

Urdu

3 entries
  • خوش adj (contented, joyous)
  • سکھی adj (contented, joyous)
  • پرسن adj (contented, joyous)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • baxtiyor adj (contented, joyous)
  • baxtli adj (contented, joyous)
  • xursand adj (contented, joyous)
  • xushhol adj (contented, joyous)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • hạnh phúc adj (contented, joyous)
  • hạnh phúc adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • may adj (fortunate, lucky)
  • may mắn adj (fortunate, lucky)

Volapük

1 entries
  • fredik adj (contented, joyous)

Welsh

4 entries
  • da adj (may you have a happy)
  • dda adj (may you have a happy)
  • dedwydd adj (contented, joyous)
  • hapus adj (contented, joyous)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • bliid adj (contented, joyous)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • באַגליקט adj (contented, joyous)
  • גליקלעך adj (contented, joyous)
  • פֿריילעך adj (contented, joyous)
  • צופֿרידן adj (contented, joyous)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • kiimak ool adj (contented, joyous)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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