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Definition happy in British English

happy adjective

adjective
/ˈhæpi/

▪ blissfully, completely, deliriously, extremely, perfectly, really, truly, very

Although the adjective happy ends in the letter ‘y’, the related noun happiness is spelled with an ‘i’ (not a ‘y’):

✗ Health, love, and happyness are what everyone looks for in their life.

✓ Health, love, and happiness are what everyone looks for in their life.

For most other adjectives ending in ‘y’, the same rule applies:

adjective

related noun

empty

emptiness

lazy

laziness

lonely

loneliness

tidy

tidiness

ugly

ugliness

Example

The children seem very happy at school.

Example

Sarah felt happy for the first time in her life.

Example

Anna was excited and happy about the baby.

Example

So you're happy living in London?

Example

Money alone will never make you happy.

Synonyms and related words
happy glad alive
1.1

used about enjoyable times, events, experiences etc that make people feel happy

Example

We wish him a very happy retirement.

Example

a happy marriage/childhood/life

Example

I do like a film to have a happy ending!

Synonyms and related words
pleasant enjoyable relaxing
2

satisfied that something is good or right, and therefore not worried about it

Example

Are you happy with this arrangement?

Example

I'm not very happy about the children being out so late.

Example

Happy that everything had been finalized, we left.

Example

Her parents were happy to know she'd got a good job.

Example

Rising profits is the only news that keeps the bosses happy.

Example

Most people were perfectly happy with the decision.

Synonyms and related words
calm relaxed cool
Definition happy in British English

Related Words

Words related to happy:

a happy bunny (phrase) a happy/favourite hunting ground (phrase) be happy for someone (phrase) be happy to do something (phrase) be only too (to do something) (phrase) fat and happy (adjective) to see the back of (phrase) happy (adjective) -happy (suffix) happy birthday (phrase) Happy (phrase) happy camper (phrase) happy hour (noun) happy medium (noun) happy-clappy (adjective) happy-go-lucky (adjective) less than etc (phrase) many happy returns (phrase) more than etc (phrase) slap-happy (adjective) the happy event (phrase) trigger-happy (adjective)