happy ever after
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From happily ever after (adverb).
Noun
[edit]happy ever after (plural happy ever afters)
- (narratology) Synonym of happily ever after (“a story, or a conclusion to a story, in which all the loose ends of the plot are tied up, and all the main characters are left in a state of contentment or happiness”)
- Synonyms: eucatastrophe, fairy-tale ending, happy ending
- (by extension) Synonym of happily ever after (“a happy period of time which is imagined never to end; specifically, the state of happiness in which one or more people (typically a loving couple) dwell for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives”)
- Synonym: fairy-tale ending
Translations
[edit]synonym of happily ever after — see happily ever after