happiness
Syllables: hap·pi·ness/ˈhæpinɪs/
happiness noun: the emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
Noun
happiness (countable and uncountable, plural happinesses)
- The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
- seek happiness
- true happiness
- Synonyms:
- felicity, high spirits
- Antonyms:
- haplessness, unhappiness, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency
- 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.1776, United States Declaration of Independence
- Antonyms:
- suffering
- Good luck; good fortune.
- All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Synonyms:
- felicity, fortuity, fortune, fortuitousness, good cess, good fortune, good luck, 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.1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, page 10
happiness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
happiness in Hindi
- emotion of being happy
- Hindi: हर्ष harṣ, आनंद ānand, सुख sukh, प्रसन्नता prasannatā, आह्लाद āhlād, ख़ुशी xuśī
happiness in Tamil
- emotion of being happy
- மகிழ்ச்சி makiḻcci, சந்தோஷம் cantōṣam
happiness in Marathi
- happiness, gratification, contentment, well-being
- सुख sukh
- happiness
- आनंद ānanda, खुशी khuśī
- happiness, bliss, contentment, felicity, ease
- सौख्य saukhya
happiness in Urdu
- emotion of being happy
- خُوشی xūśī, سَعادَت sa'ādat
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- happiness in Bengali
- সুখ śukh
- happiness in Telugu
- సంతోషం santōṣaṁ
- happiness in Malayalam
- സന്തോഷം santōṣaṁ, ആഹ്ലാദം āhlādaṁ, ആനന്ദം ānandaṁ, സുഖം sukhaṁ
- happiness in Kannada
- ಸಂತೋಷ santōṣa, ಆನಂದ ānanda, ಭಾಗ್ಯ bhāgya
- happiness in Punjabi
- ਸੁਖ sukh, ਅਨੰਦ anand, ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ੀ xuśī, ਈਦ īd
- happiness in Gujarati
- ખુશી khuśī, સુખ sukh
- happiness in Odia
- ସମୃଦ୍ଧି samruddhi, ସମ୍ପତ୍ତି sampatti, ରହ raha
- happiness in Sanskrit
- सुख sukhá
- happiness in Sinhala
- සන්තෝෂය santōṣaya
- happiness in Assamese
- সুখ xukh
- happiness in Pashto
- خوشبختي xošbaxtí, سعادت sa'ādát
- happiness in Tagalog
- kaligayahan, ligaya
- happiness in Arabic
- سَعَادَة saʕāda, فَرَح faraḥ
- happiness in Malay
- kebahagiaan, kegembiraan
- happiness in Indonesian
- kebahagiaan
- happiness in Thai
- ความสุข kwaam-sùk
- happiness in Vietnamese
- hạnh phúc, may mắn, phúc
- happiness in Myanmar
- သုခ su.hka.
Examples of happiness in a sentence
- bring happiness to others
- Money can’t buy happiness.
- She found happiness in the small things.
- Yes, Aline, true happiness comes of true love, and true love should be independent of external influences.1877, W. S. Gilbert, The Sorcerer:
Synonyms of happiness
- felicity
- high spirits
- fortuity
- fortune
- fortuitousness
- good cess
- good fortune
- good luck
- luck
- blessedness
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- bliss
- joy
- joyfulness
- joyousness
- pleasure
- blitheness
- blithesomeness
- cheerfulness
- cheeriness
- contentness
- contentedness
- delight
- delightedness
- elatedness
- elation
- exuberance
- exuberantness
- gaiety
- gayness
- gayfulness
- gladness
- glee
- gleefulness
- gleesomeness
- hilarity
- jolliness
- jollity
- joviality
- jovialness
- merriment
Antonyms
- haplessness
- unhappiness
- blueness
- tristesse
- mirthless
- blues
- crestfallenness
- dejection
- depression
- despondency
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Forms of happiness
| plural | happinesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | happinesse |
| alternative form (obsolete) | happyness |
Origin of happiness
From happy + -ness.
Words formed from happiness
Phrases with happiness
Questions about happiness
- What does happiness mean?
- Happiness means the emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
- What is happiness in Hindi?
- Happiness in Hindi is Hindi: हर्ष (harṣ), आनंद (ānand), सुख (sukh). See Happiness meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use happiness in a sentence?
- bring happiness to others
- What part of speech is happiness?
- Happiness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce happiness?
- Happiness is pronounced /ˈhæpinɪs/.
- What is the plural of happiness?
- The plural of happiness is happinesses.
Words near happiness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: happiness (page history and authors); आनंद (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಆನಂದ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਅਨੰਦ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ખુશી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ରହ (Odia) (page history and authors); সুখ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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