happy

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈhæpi/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈhæpiː/

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• Hyphenation: hap‧py

Adjective

Positive happy

Comparative happier

Superlative happiest

Positive happy

Comparative more happy

Superlative most happy

1. When you feel happy, you feel good, usually because something nice has happened.
   • Synonyms: content, contented, pleased, glad, joyful, cheerful, in high spirits, blissful, exultant, ecstatic, rhapsodic, delighted, cheery, jovial and on cloud nine
   • Antonyms: sad, unhappy, discontent, discontented, unpleased, joyless, cheerless, in low spirits, depressed, gloomy, miserable, dismal and sombre

   He was happy.

2. A happy situation or event makes people happy.
   • Synonyms: cheerful, cheery, cheering, satisfying, uplifting and heartening
   • Antonyms: sad, depressing, gloomy, miserable, cheerless, distressing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, poignant, moving, sombre and disheartening

   It's such a happy day when we can be together again.

3. Lucky.
   • Synonyms: lucky, fortunate, favorable, favourable and opportune
   • Antonyms: unhappy, unlucky, unfortunate, unfavorable, unfavourable, inopportune, fateful, ill-fated, doomed, star-crossed, ill-starred, ill-omened and inauspicious

   It was a happy chance that they met there.

Related words

• happiness
• happily