► happy having feelings of pleasure, often because something good has happened to you: Kennedy is a very happy baby. You look a lot happier today.
► glad happy about a situation or something that has happened: I’m so glad you were able to come.
► cheerful happy, and showing this in your face or in the way you behave: She woke up feeling cheerful, and started singing as she got dressed.
► content happy and satisfied: My life isn’t all that exciting, but I’m content.
► pleased happy and satisfied with a particular event or situation: Her parents were pleased that she had done so well.
► delighted/thrilled/overjoyed extremely happy because something good has happened: We were delighted when she had a baby girl.
► ecstatic extremely happy and excited: When he heard he’d gotten the job, he was ecstatic.
► elated/euphoric formal extremely happy and excited: Ron was elated to hear that his wife was pregnant.
► jubilant formal extremely happy and pleased because you have been successful: After the game, a jubilant crowd celebrated the win.
feeling extremely happy and excited: Jacqueline was ecstatic to see her old friends again.► see thesaurus at happy—ecstatically /-kli/ adverb