happiness

/ˈhæpinɪs/

/ˈhæpinɪs/

Other forms: happinesses

Happiness is that feeling that comes over you when you know life is good and you can't help but smile. It's the opposite of sadness.

Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, or safe, or lucky, they feel happiness. The "pursuit of happiness" is something this country is based on, and different people feel happiness for different reasons. Whenever doing something causes happiness, people usually want to do more of it. No one ever complained about feeling too much happiness.

Definitions of happiness

1. noun

   state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
   synonyms: felicity

   antonyms:

   unhappiness

   state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief

   types:

   beatification, beatitude, blessedness

   a state of supreme happiness

   radiance

   an attractive combination of good health and happiness

   enlightenment, nirvana

   (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

   type of:

   emotional state, spirit

   the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
2. noun

   emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
   antonyms:

   sadness

   emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

   types:

   bonheur

   (French) happiness and good humor

   gladfulness, gladness, gladsomeness

   experiencing joy and pleasure

   gaiety, merriment

   a joyful feeling

   rejoicing

   a feeling of great happiness

   belonging

   happiness felt in a secure relationship

   blitheness, cheerfulness

   a feeling of spontaneous good spirits

   contentment

   happiness with one's situation in life

   glee, gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness

   great merriment

   jocularity, jocundity

   a feeling of facetious merriment

   comfortableness

   a feeling of being at ease in a relationship

   closeness, intimacy

   a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

   buoyancy, perkiness

   cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

   carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness

   the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you

   satisfaction

   the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation

   jolliness, jollity, joviality

   feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor

   type of:

   feeling

   the experiencing of affective and emotional states