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happy

/ˈhæpi/adjective2 syllables

Happy means: enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.

Synonyms for happy31

adjective, as in enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

blessed, blissful, bright, golden, halcyon, prosperous, laughing, riant, cheerful, contented, content, glad, elated, euphoric, felicitous, joyful, joyous

adjective, as in marked by good fortune

felicitous, fortunate

adjective, as in eagerly disposed to act or to be of service

glad, willing

adjective, as in well expressed and to the point

well-chosen, felicitous

also used for happy

blithen, cheer up, chirk, liven up, perk up, happify, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, cheer

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Opposites of happy

unhappy

What does happy mean?4

adjective

1

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure“a happy smile”

2

marked by good fortune“a felicitous life”

3

eagerly disposed to act or to be of service“glad to help”

4

well expressed and to the point“a happy turn of phrase”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with happy?4

two syllables

crappyscrappysnappy

three syllables

unhappy
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Happy in a sentence

  • This girl is always smiling, but she's not happy.al_ex_an_der
  • By the time she gets there, she will be happy again.CM
  • All things taken into consideration, her life is a happy one.unknown
  • In this village, they lived a happy life.Lumi_alt
  • With all his money, he is not happy.unknown
  • For all the money he has, he is not happy.Lumi_alt
  • Though she is rich, she is not happy.Zifre
  • Rich as he is, he is not happy.Zifre

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Forms of happy

as a adjective

comparative
happier
superlative
happiest