Happy definition
Happy is an adjective meaning "enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure." It has 4 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 5
- How common
- Everyday word
Happy as an adjective
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
"a happy smile"
marked by good fortune
"a happy outcome"
Same sense: felicitous
eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
Same sense: glad
well expressed and to the point
"a happy turn of phrase"
Same sense: well-chosen
Synonyms and antonyms
- felicitous
- glad
- well-chosen
Opposite: unhappy.
How to say happy
Happy has 2 syllables and rhymes with unhappy. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with happy
- unhappy
- scrappy
- snappy
- slaphappy
HAPPY in word games
- Scrabble
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Anagrams
- 0
Is HAPPY a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check HAPPY in the word checker, or unscramble HAPPY to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.