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Popular Synonym - Happy
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happy (adj)
Synonyms: content, contented,
pleased, glad, joyful,
cheerful, blissful, exultant,
ecstatic, delighted, cheery,
jovial, in high spirits, on
cloud nine
Antonym: sad
The adj happy
has 4 senses (first 2 from
tagged texts)
1. (37) happy -- (enjoying or
showing or marked by joy or
pleasure or good fortune; "a
happy smile"; "spent many
happy days on the beach"; "a
happy marriage")
2. (2) felicitous, happy --
(marked by good fortune; "a
felicitous life"; "a happy
outcome")
3. glad, happy -- (eagerly
disposed to act or to be of
service; "glad to help")
4. happy, well-chosen -- (well
expressed and to the point; "a
happy turn of phrase"; "a few
well-chosen words")
4 senses of
happy
Sense 1
happy (vs. unhappy) --
(enjoying or showing or marked
by joy or pleasure or good
fortune; "a happy smile";
"spent many happy days on the
beach"; "a happy marriage")
=> blessed -- (characterized
by happiness and good fortune;
"a blessed time")
=> blissful -- (completely
happy and contented; "blissful
young lovers"; "in blissful
ignorance")
=> bright -- (characterized by
happiness or gladness; "bright
faces"; "all the world seems
bright and gay")
=> golden, halcyon, prosperous
-- (marked by peace and
prosperity; "a golden era";
"the halcyon days of the
clipper trade")
=> laughing(prenominal), riant
-- (showing or feeling mirth
or pleasure or happiness;
"laughing children")
Also See-> cheerful#1;
contented#1, content#1;
glad#1; elated#1; euphoric#1;
felicitous#1; joyful#1;
joyous#1
Sense 2
felicitous, happy -- (marked
by good fortune; "a felicitous
life"; "a happy outcome")
=> fortunate (vs. unfortunate)
-- (having unexpected good
fortune; "other, less
fortunate, children died"; "a
fortunate choice")
Sense 3
glad, happy -- (eagerly
disposed to act or to be of
service; "glad to help")
=> willing (vs. unwilling) --
(disposed or inclined toward;
"a willing participant";
"willing helpers")
Sense 4
happy, well-chosen -- (well
expressed and to the point; "a
happy turn of phrase"; "a few
well-chosen words")
=> felicitous (vs.
infelicitous) -- (exhibiting
an agreeably appropriate
manner or style; "a felicitous
speaker")
Synonyms: lucky, fortunate,
favorable, opportune
Antonym: unlucky |
