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hap·py
 happy
- pronunciation:
- hae
pi
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
happier, happiest |
| definition 1: |
marked by a feeling of joy, contentment, pleasure, comfort, or the like.
- synonyms:
- glad, pleased
- antonyms:
- dark, disconsolate, sad, tragic, unhappy
- similar words:
- blessed, content, delighted, elated, joyful, joyous, jubilant, radiant, satisfied, wild
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| definition 2: |
full of cheer; in good spirits.
- synonyms:
- blithe, cheerful, chipper, gay, lighthearted, merry, sunny
- antonyms:
- blue, down, downcast, forlorn, sad, unhappy
- similar words:
- bright, carefree, gleeful, good-humored, happy-go-lucky, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, light, radiant
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| definition 3: |
fortunate or lucky.
It was a happy circumstance that we met.- synonyms:
- fortunate, lucky
- antonyms:
- sorry, unfortunate, unhappy
- similar words:
- auspicious, blessed, favorable, felicitous, fortuitous, good, opportune, propitious, providential
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| definition 4: |
fitting; appropriate.
- synonyms:
- appropriate, fitting, meet, suitable
- antonyms:
- unhappy
- similar words:
- expedient, good, proper, seemly
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| related words: |
buoyant, contented, convivial, ecstatic, effervescent, exuberant, festive, gay, glad, high, lighthearted, merry, overjoyed, proud, sanguine, sunny, sweet |
| derivation: |
happily (adv.) |
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some descriptions of someone who is happy |
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aglow, bright, carefree, cheerful, festive, gay, genial, glad, good-natured, happy-go-lucky, jaunty, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, light, lighthearted, merry, overjoyed, playful, radiant, tickled pink |
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