Synonyms and Antonyms of happiness
1
a feeling or state of well-being and contentment
- her happiness was complete when she got her very own house
elatedness, elation, exhilaration, exultation, high, intoxication
ecstasy, euphoria, glory, heaven, nirvana, paradise, rapture, rapturousness, ravishment, seventh heaven, transport
delectation, delight, enjoyment, pleasure
cheer, cheerfulness, comfort, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, jocundity, jollity, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness, merriness, mirth
content, contentedness, gratification, satisfaction, triumph
agony, anguish, desolation, joylessness, sorrow, sufferance, woe, woefulness
blues, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolateness, despondency, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, gloom, gloominess, melancholy, mournfulness, plaintiveness
Gehenna, hell, purgatory
2
the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
- finally found true happiness as a doctor in a poor rural area
content, contentedness, contentment, delectation, delight, enjoyment, gladness, gratification, pleasure, relish, satisfaction
afterglow
bliss, felicity, glee, gleefulness, joy, pleasance
amusement, diversion, entertainment
elatedness, elation, exhilaration, exultation, intoxication
ecstasy, euphoria, heaven, rapture
cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), jollity, joyfulness, jubilation
joie de vivre
comfort, ease, restfulness
misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness
anguish, desolation, joylessness, sorrow, woe
dejection, depression, despondency, dispiritedness, gloom, melancholy
aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, pique, vexation
anger, fury, rage
agitation, distress, disturbance, upset
discomfort, restlessness, uneasiness
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
