euphoric

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UK/juːˈfɒɹɪk/US/juˈfɔɹɪk/

adjective

Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria.

“In this moment, I am euphoric.”

Similar
ecstaticeuphoriousjoyfulair-headedblissed outblissfulenraptrapt
Opposite
dysphoric
OriginEnglish euphoria ← New Latin euphoria ← Ancient Greek εὐφορίᾱ (euphoríā) →
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Meanings

adjectiveeuphoric (comparative more euphoric, superlative most euphoric)

comparative more euphoric · superlative most euphoric

  1. Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria.

    In this moment, I am euphoric.

    Synonyms: ecstatic, euphorious, joyful, air-headed, blissed out, blissful, enrapt, rapt · Antonyms: dysphoric

  2. Productive of euphoria, causing great joy.

    Heroin is the most euphoric drug in use today.

    1973, United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, Treatment and rehabilitation, page 31
    1 more example

    Lin gathered herself, took a moment to rehearse the words in her mind, contacted the L.A. number, and delivered her euphoric news to her agent in person

    1989, Stanley Morgan, Raven, →ISBN

    Synonyms: joyful · Antonyms: dysphoric

nouneuphoric (plural euphorics)

plural euphorics

  1. A drug that causes euphoria; a euphoriant.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria.

Similar
ecstaticeuphoriousjoyfulair-headedblissed outblissfulenraptraptcock-a-hoopdelightedecstaticelatedexultantfilled with happinessgiddygladsomegleefulgreatly pleasedjoyful
Opposite
dysphoric

adjectiveProductive of euphoria, causing great joy.

Similar
joyful
Opposite
dysphoric

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveexaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

Similar
euphoriantexpansive
Opposite
dysphoric
Also see
blissfulcock-a-hoopdelightedecstaticelatedelysianeuphorianteuphoriousexpansivegiddyhappyjoyfullightheartedorgasmicthrilled

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wésus?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁su-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*ehu-
  6. Ancient Greekἐΰς (eǘs)
  7. Ancient Greekεὖ (eû)
  8. Ancient Greekεὐ- (eu-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  11. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  12. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  13. Ancient Greekεὔφορος (eúphoros)
  14. Ancient Greekεὐφορίᾱ (euphoríā)
  15. New Latineuphoria
  16. Englisheuphoria
  17. Englisheuphoric

From euphoria + -ic.

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Translations

Catalan eufòric
  • eufòricfeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Czech euforický
  • euforickýfeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Danish euforisk
  • euforiskfeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Finnish onnellinen, auvoisa
  • onnellinenfeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
  • auvoisafeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
  • euforinenfeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
French euphorique
  • euphoriquefeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
German euphorisch
  • euphorischfeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Greek ευφορικός, ευφρόσυνος
  • ευφορικός (efforikós)feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
  • ευφρόσυνος (effrósynos)feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Italian euforico
  • euforicofeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Māori manahau
  • manahaufeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Polish euforyczny
  • euforycznyfeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Portuguese eufórico
  • eufóricofeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Romanian euforic
  • euforicfeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Russian эйфори́ческий, эйфористи́ческий
  • эйфори́ческий (ejforíčeskij)feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
  • эйфористи́ческий (ejforistíčeskij)feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Spanish eufórico, euforizante
  • eufóricofeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
  • euforizantefeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Swedish euforisk
  • euforiskfeeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with euphoric

historicWarwickprehistorictoriccaloricmeteoricDoricdysphoriclauricmoricamphoricchoricfluoric
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Cite this entry
APA

euphoric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphoric

MLA

“euphoric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphoric. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “euphoric,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphoric.

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