happy camper
noun
: one who is content
Example Sentences
I was one happy camper when I heard the news.
Recent Examples on the Web From the looks of Zooey's last photo in her Instagram post, Jonathan was one happy camper as long as the New Girl alum was by his side. 
Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 2 Sep. 2022 No one said that cooking dinner for a family was going to be easy, but these kid-friendly meals will help make everyone at the dinner table a happy camper (including you!). Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day, 24 June 2022 No one’s a happy camper when there’s a mask-wearing, machete-wielding homicidal maniac running amok in the woods in this classic 1980 slasher flick. Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021 Sweden’s Ingmar Bergman, remember him, was rarely a happy camper. Armond White, National Review, 5 May 2021 North Carolina State head coach Dave Doeren was not a happy camper. Mark Frank, Star Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020 Be a happy camper With the new 2-Day Camp Meal Kit for Two, Patagonia Provisions (yes, that Patagonia) is helping nourish COVID-era campers. National Geographic, 27 May 2020 Bill O'Brien was not a happy camper, and a couple of his old colleagues with the New England Patriots were apparently the reason why. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2020 On signing day, as in Lake Wobegon, every recruit is above average, every coach a happy camper. Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020 See More
Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 2 Sep. 2022 No one said that cooking dinner for a family was going to be easy, but these kid-friendly meals will help make everyone at the dinner table a happy camper (including you!). Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day, 24 June 2022 No one’s a happy camper when there’s a mask-wearing, machete-wielding homicidal maniac running amok in the woods in this classic 1980 slasher flick. Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021 Sweden’s Ingmar Bergman, remember him, was rarely a happy camper. Armond White, National Review, 5 May 2021 North Carolina State head coach Dave Doeren was not a happy camper. Mark Frank, Star Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020 Be a happy camper With the new 2-Day Camp Meal Kit for Two, Patagonia Provisions (yes, that Patagonia) is helping nourish COVID-era campers. National Geographic, 27 May 2020 Bill O'Brien was not a happy camper, and a couple of his old colleagues with the New England Patriots were apparently the reason why. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2020 On signing day, as in Lake Wobegon, every recruit is above average, every coach a happy camper. Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1957, in the meaning defined above
happy camper
noun
as in optimist
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- optimist
- Pollyanna
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- bear
- fusser
- crab
- curmudgeon
- grump
- crank
- complainer
- sourpuss
- growler
- whiner
- croaker
- grouch
- grumbler
- grouser
- mutterer
- murmurer
- griper
- hunks
- bellyacher
- crosspatch
- sorehead
- malcontent
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- California thrasher
- California Tokay
- California towhee
- California tree poppy
- California vetch
- California vine disease
- California vulture
- California waterleaf
- California white oak
- California white pine
- California wild grape
- California wild rose
- California wine
- California woodpecker
- California yellow bells
- California yellowtail
- California yew
- California, Gulf of
- californiae
- californian
- Californiana
- californians
- californias
- Californio