felicity
noun
fe·lic·i·ty fi-ˈli-sə-tē 
plural felicities
1
a
: the quality or state of being happy
especially : great happiness
marital felicity
b
: an instance of happiness
2
: something that causes happiness
… the small felicities and absurdities of real life manage to peek through the gloom.
A. O. Scott
A. O. Scott3
: a pleasing manner or quality especially in art or language
a felicity with words
The curve of her mouth gives her a Mona Lisa smile, but that's just a felicity of her anatomy. Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman4
: an apt expression
The poet was well known for his felicities.
Synonyms
- beatitude
- blessedness
- bliss
- blissfulness
- gladness
- happiness
- joy
- warm fuzzies
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
I've always admired his felicity with words. told his friends that marriage had brought him a felicity that he had never known before
Recent Examples on the Web Tocqueville—this is apparent even in English translations of his work—constantly revised his writing to achieve maximum clarity and felicity. Barton Swaim, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 His lyrics display an unmatched verbal felicity and wit and evolve from character, situation or mood. Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2021 The language of his British father and his American mother, of his beloved Shakespeare, and of the never-ceasing Empire was cause for great felicity and solemnity. Tod Worner, National Review, 17 Oct. 2021 The felicity that defines Lizzo’s style is something everyone could use. Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2020 The downside of such rampant felicity is its aptitude to push up on anything that moves. New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020 Even moviegoers who typically care little for production design went nuts for the visual felicities of Wes Anderson’s masterwork. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019 The power of the book comes not from Atwood’s inspired flights of fancy or felicities of style but from her deliberate subjugation of imagination to demonstrable fact. Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2019 Duggar fans on Twitter are loving the baby's name, too:jinger duggar named her baby felicity & honestly i’m obsessed. Amina Lake Abdelrahman, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2018 See More
Barton Swaim, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 His lyrics display an unmatched verbal felicity and wit and evolve from character, situation or mood. Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2021 The language of his British father and his American mother, of his beloved Shakespeare, and of the never-ceasing Empire was cause for great felicity and solemnity. Tod Worner, National Review, 17 Oct. 2021 The felicity that defines Lizzo’s style is something everyone could use. Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2020 The downside of such rampant felicity is its aptitude to push up on anything that moves. New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020 Even moviegoers who typically care little for production design went nuts for the visual felicities of Wes Anderson’s masterwork. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019 The power of the book comes not from Atwood’s inspired flights of fancy or felicities of style but from her deliberate subjugation of imagination to demonstrable fact. Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2019 Duggar fans on Twitter are loving the baby's name, too:jinger duggar named her baby felicity & honestly i’m obsessed. Amina Lake Abdelrahman, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English felicite, from Anglo-French felicité, from Latin felicitat-, felicitas, from felic-, felix fruitful, happy — more at feminine
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Kids Definition
felicity
noun
fe·lic·i·ty fə-ˈli-sə-tē
: great happiness
felicity
noun
1
as in happiness
a feeling or state of well-being and contentment told his friends that marriage had brought him a felicity that he had never known before Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- happiness
- joy
- blissfulness
- bliss
- beatitude
- blessedness
- joyfulness
- enjoyment
- pleasure
- gladness
- satisfaction
- ecstasy
- warm fuzzies
- exultation
- delight
- elation
- cheerfulness
- rapture
- mirth
- intoxication
- joyousness
- ravishment
- glee
- euphoria
- high
- contentedness
- merriness
- exhilaration
- nirvana
- comfort
- delectation
- gratification
- exuberance
- triumph
- gayety
- glory
- jollity
- elatedness
- gaiety
- jubilation
- rapturousness
- paradise
- jubilance
- heaven
- seventh heaven
- lightheartedness
- transport
- gleefulness
- content
- gladsomeness
- jocundity
- cheer
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- calamity
- misery
- unhappiness
- sadness
- wretchedness
- sorrow
- anguish
- agony
- melancholy
- woe
- sufferance
- joylessness
- desolation
- cheerlessness
- dejection
- mournfulness
- ill-being
- depression
- desolateness
- gloom
- gloominess
- plaintiveness
- despondency
- disheartenment
- blues
- woefulness
- hell
- purgatory
- downheartedness
- dispiritedness
- doldrums
- Gehenna
2
as in blessing
something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing the elderly couple counted their grandchildren as their most cherished felicities Synonyms & Similar Words
- blessing
- benefit
- boon
- gift
- relief
- benediction
- windfall
- bonus
- good
- grace
- consolation
- joy
- manna
- assistance
- godsend
- mercy
- advantage
- pleasure
- aid
- kindness
- comfort
- solace
- delight
- support
- help
- mitzvah
- anodyne
- favor
- extra
- lagniappe
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- evil
- affliction
- curse
- plague
- bane
- scourge
- misery
- nuisance
- pest
- irritant
- hex
- disadvantage
- bother
- jinx
- trial
- cross
- tribulation
- hoodoo
3
as in fitness
the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting the telling felicity of the epigraphs that precede each chapter of the novel Synonyms & Similar Words
- happiness
- fitness
- relevance
- usefulness
- aptness
- appropriateness
- rightness
- validity
- relevancy
- applicability
- propriety
- suitability
- suitableness
- seemliness
- properness
- appositeness
- fittingness
- felicitousness
- agreeableness
- harmoniousness
- congruity
- convenience
- compatibility
- acceptability
- pertinence
- serviceableness
- justifiability
- expediency
- adequacy
- satisfactoriness
- expedience
- bearing
- adequateness
- connection
- materiality
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- infelicity
- unfitness
- wrongness
- impropriety
- unsuitability
- incongruity
- disagreeableness
- incompatibility
- inappropriateness
- inexpediency
- incongruence
- inaptness
- unseemliness
- irrelevance
- inapplicability
- immateriality
- irrelevancy
- improperness
- incongruousness
- inappositeness
- meaninglessness
- inharmoniousness
- inexpedience
- pointlessness
- unbecomingness