These are words listed on various sites as synonyms to Happiness or Happy. Many seem to be more words that trigger states of happiness for some. I include them still : )
aglow
all smiles
as happy as a clam
As happy as a sandboy
be all smiles
be floating on air
be full of the joys of spring
be in rapture/raptures
be in seventh heaven
be of good cheer
be on cloud nine
be walking/floating on air
be wreathed in smiles
beam
beaming
beamish
beatific
bless
blessed
bliss
blissed out
blissful
blissfully
bonhomie
bright
bubble over
bubbly
carefree
celebrant
celebrate
cheer
cheerful
cheerfulness
cheerfully
cheerily
cheery
chipper
chirpy
content
contented
couldn't be happier
delight
delighted
delightful
delirious
ebullient
ecstatic
effervesce
effervescent
elate
elated
enjoyable
Elysian
enjoy
euphoria
euphoric
exalted
exhilarate
exhilarated
exhilarating
exult
exultant
ecstasy
exuberant
eyes light up
fairy-tale ending
feel-good
feel good factor
felicific
fe-licify
felicitous
felicity
floating on a cloud
floating on air
flying high
fröhlich ( German - merry; cheerful)
fulfill
fulfilled
fulfilling
full of the joys of spring
gaily
gambol
giddiness
giddy
glad
glad news/tidings
gladden
gladden the heart
gladly
glee
gleeful
gleefully
glow
goody
golden
grin from ear to ear
halcyon
halcyon days
happify
high spirits
in high spirits
in the pink
in paradise
into raptures
joy
jollity
jolly
joyful
joyous
jubilant
jubilance
jubilation
laugh
laughter
light up
lighthearted
lightsome
like a dog with two tails
merriment
merrily
merry
merrymaking
mirth
of good cheer
on cloud nine
one's heart leaps
one's face lights up
over the moon
overhappy
overjoyed
pleased
pleasure
radiant
rapt
rapturous
rejoice
rosy
serendipity
smile
smile from ear to ear
smiley
spirits soar
squee
sunny
thrilled
tickled pink
to one's delight
to someone's delight
upbeat
uplift
walking on air
whoopee
happy camper
happy days
happy-go-lucky
happy place
happy-slappy
happy to do
-ily
yourself
myself
a twinkle in one's eye
afterglow
aah
alight
all things to all people,men
altruistic
ambiance
auspicious
be at peace with the world
be in good heart
be in your element
be over the moon (about something)
beautiful
bear hug
belong
best
blessing
bounce
breezy
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
brighten
brightly
bubble
bubble with
celebration
charmed
chuffed (very pleased)
cloud
complement
congratulate
congratulations
contentment
dance
dancing in the streets
delight in
delightful
do one's heart good
do someone’s heart good
down to earth
dream
easy
excited
exaltation
excitement
expansive
fairytale
flushed with success, triumph etc
fond
fondly
fortuitous
fortunate
fortunize
friendly
frolic
frolicsome
fulfilled
gaiety
generosity
glad news/tidings
glorious
glowing
gracious
gleam
golden
golden age
golden mean
good
good for someone
good-humoured
good on someone
harmony
have everything
hearten
heartwarming
heaven
high-spirited
hilariously
home
hooray
hospitality
how are you keeping
idyll
idyllic
in seventh heaven
in the zone
innocence
jocular
jump for joy
happy-returns
kindly
laughter is the best medicine
light
light-hearted
light of someone's life
like the sound of
live happily ever after
look forward to
lotus
loved up
lovely
lucky
made in heaven
make sb's day
make someone's day
many happy returns
music
music to one's ears
nostalgia
nostalgic
on top of the world
ore
pleased with
pleasing
positive
promised land
prosperous
radiance
receive with open arms
rejoice in
relax
relaxation
relaxed
satisfaction
satisfy
satisfying
self–fulfillment
sentimental value
serendipitous
serotonin
seventh heaven
shine
silly
skip
skylark
so be it
storybook
succeed
superlative
sweet
take a stroll/trip/walk down memory lane
thankful
the Promised Land
the world of good
thrill
thrilled
thrive
thrive on
tickle
touched
transport
treasure
triumphant
triumphantly happy
twinkle
unification
universalism
up
utopian
vivacious
vivacity
walk on air
warm the cockles of someone's heart
welcome
welome with open arms
welcome
well
well-being
well–wisher
whole
with pleasure
worthwhile
a home away from home
a sight for sore eyes
a spring in someone’s step
a spring in your step
a world of good
abound
affable
affecting
affirmative
air
amuse
amusement
animate
apropos
at one with
be flying high
be riding high
be something
blithe
blithesome
bouncy
bouncing
bountiful
buoy
broaden
buoyant
buoyancy
carol
celebratory
chirp
Christmassy
companionable
companionship
congratulation
cool
dandy
dedication
destiny
dynamite
elysium
emoticon
enthusiasm
equative
excite
expression
exulting
fairy-tale
felicitation
festive
festivity
for old times' sake
fortune
forward-looking
fruition
gala
glory
glory in sth
godsend
good-humored
gratify
hail
happy bunny
happy pair
haven
Hollywood ending
home from home
honeymoon
honour
humanistic
humanly
impossibly
Indian summer
in one's glory
intoxicate
intoxicating
it’s a pleasure to do something
(it’s) my pleasure
jaunty
jazzy
jumper
laurel
leap
life-affirming
lilt
lining
lively
luck
many happy returns (of the day)
Merry Christmas
Moon
motherly
my pleasure
nonchalance
on a high
open-door policy
over
phew!
piggyback
pleased as punch
Pollyanna (an excessively cheerful or optimistic person)
prance
pride and joy
purr
quality of life
reminisce
resilient
restored
ride, drive, walk, etc. off into the sunset
rollick
rollicking
Romance
romp
roof
rose-colored glasses
settle in
sentimental
shiny
shout for joy
shout from the rooftops
smile to oneself
spree
sprightly
successful
the American dream
the good life
to someone’s satisfaction/to the satisfaction of someone
triumph
unfeigned
universal
untroubled
unworried
unruffed
unconcerned
upper
Welcome Wagon
whew!
white
willing
wish
yang
beatification (a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name)
bonhomie (cheerful friendliness; geniality)
bread and circuses (a diet of entertainment or political policies on which the masses are fed to keep them happy and docile)
chuff ((of a steam engine) move with a regular sharp puffing sound; Tigers chuff)insouciant (showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent)
cock–a–hoop (British - extremely and obviously pleased, especially about a triumph or success)
convivial (cheerful and friendly; jovial)
guffaw (a loud and boisterous laugh)
Edward (is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon form Éadweard, composed of the elements ead "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and weard "guardian, protector")
Edwin (The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "wine" (friend) )
slake (quench or satisfy)
evince (reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling)
eucatastrophe (a sudden and favorable resolution of events in a story; a happy ending)
eupeptic (relating to or having good digestion or a consequent air of healthy good spirits)
felix culpa (an apparent error or disaster with happy consequences)
freemale (a woman who does not want to get married or to have children because she is happy to live by herself and do what she wants when she wants)
fly high (be very successful; prosper)
gambol (run or jump about playfully)
gruntled (pleased, satisfied, and contented)
red-letter night (Any significant, memorable, or happy night or evening)
halcyon
halcyon days (Halcyon Days, which have come to mean any time of happiness and contentment, are actually the 14 days around the winter solstice. ... The “Halcyon Days” usually end by early January. Today, the phrase “Halcyon Days” has come to mean a sense of peace or tranquility.)
imparadise (To make as happy as though in paradise; transport; enrapture)
insouciance (casual lack of concern; indifference)
jocund (full of or showing high-spirited merriment)
jol (to have fun, to party)
juste milieu (the happy medium; judicious moderation)
kempt (adjective - (of a person or a place) maintained in a neat and clean condition; well cared for.)
kvell (feel happy and proud)
lark ( any carefree episode)
macarize (to pronounce happy or blessed : felicitate, laud)
simhah ( a Hebrew word that means gladness, or joy)
lilting ( characterized by a rhythmical swing or cadence a lilting stride)
propitiate (win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them)
Edgar (Anglo-Saxon name Eadgar (composed of ead "rich, prosperous" and gar "happy "))
providential (occurring at a favorable time; opportune)
ray of sunshine (a person or thing that brings happiness into the lives of others.)
red-letter (a memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars)
red-letter day
Rollick (to move or act in a carefree, frolicsome manner; behave in a free, hearty, lively, or jovial way.)
sacrosanct ((especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with)
sandboy (a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in happy as a sandboy')
scherzo (a vigorous, light, or playful composition, typically comprising a movement in a symphony or sonata)
seraphic (1. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub 2. of or relating to an angel of the first order)
sonsy (Scottish - having an attractive and healthy appearance)
squee (expression of joy, excitement, celebration)
the life of Riley (an easy, carefree life)
waggish (humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner)
whoop (a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy)
a ray of sunshine
at one with the world
bed of roses
bright as a button
heart
satori
Sunshine
utopia
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