happyadjective
uk/ˈhæp.i/us/ˈhæp.i/happy adjective (PLEASED)
A1 feeling, showing, or causing pleasure or satisfaction:
a happy marriage/childhood
She looks so happy.
School days are said to be the happiest days of your life.
Nicky seems a lot happier since she met Steve.
You'll be happy to know that Jean is coming with us.
I'm perfectly happy to (= I will willingly) help out.
I'm so happy (that) everything is working out for you.
Barry seems happy enough working for himself.
Are you happy about/with (= satisfied with) your new working arrangements?
Your mother's not going to be very happy when she sees the mess you've made!
formal The manager will be happy (= is willing) to see you this afternoon.
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- Childhood is not always a happy time.
- If there's anything you don't understand, I'll be happy to explain.
- They had a long and happy marriage.
- The staff are not very happy about the latest pay increase.
- It was clear that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, so I tried to book a different hotel.
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Feeling pleasure and happiness
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
- be as high as a kite idiom
- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
- breezy
- brighten
- contented
- dance
- delighted
- ecstatic
- elated
- incandescent
- jubilant
- jump for joy idiom
- light-hearted
- look/feel like a million dollars idiom
- loved up
- swoon
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happy adjective (GREETING)
A1 [ before noun ] (used in greetings for special occasions) full of enjoyment and pleasure:
Happy Birthday!
Happy Anniversary!
Happy New Year!
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- We all clinked our glasses together and drank to a happy new year.
- We wish you a long and happy retirement.
- The card said 'Happy Anniversary' in big silver letters.
- Happy Christmas, Mum - this is for you.
- I didn't even see her to wish her a happy birthday.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Welcoming, greeting & greetings
- afternoon
- air kiss
- air kiss
- aloha
- bon voyage
- bye
- ciao
- five
- good afternoon
- good evening
- goodbye
- greeting
- pump sb's hand idiom
- receive
- salaam
- see/catch you later! idiom
- shake
- so long idiom
- stranger
- wotcha
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happy adjective (LUCKY)
[ before noun ] (of a condition or situation) lucky:
We hadn't planned to be in France at the same time as Ann and Charles - it was just a happy coincidence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Good luck and bad luck
- a blessing in disguise idiom
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- be a good idiom
- be bad luck on sb idiom
- be down on your luck idiom
- blessing
- favour
- godsend
- grace
- hapless
- happenstance
- happily
- lap
- misadventure
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- mixed blessing
- shame
- streak
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happy adjective (SUITABLE)
literary (of words or behaviour) suitable:
It wasn't a happy choice of phrase given the circumstances.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- age-appropriate
- correct
- doctor
- felicitous
- fit in
- fit in with sth
- fitting
- germane
- horse
- keeping
- rightly
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit
- sit right/well (with sb) idiom
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Idiom(s)
the happy day
the happy event
happy place
not be a happy camper