Synonyms for pleasure

noun

1. Enjoyment

   delight, enjoyment, happiness, joy, contentment, satisfaction, gratification, fulfillment, bliss, felicity, rapture, ease, comfort, gladness, delectation, relish, kicks*; see also happiness 2, satisfaction 2.

2. Will

   want, preference, wish; see desire 1.

3. Amusement

   hobby, game, diversion; see entertainment 1, 2, fun.

4. Gratification

   revelry, self-indulgence, gluttony; see indulgence 3.

pleasure is the general term for an agreeable feeling of satisfaction, ranging from a quiet sense of gratification to a positive sense of happiness; delight implies a high degree of obvious pleasure, openly and enthusiastically expressed a child's delight with a new toy; joy describes a keenly felt, exuberant, often demonstrative happiness their joy at his safe return; enjoyment suggests a somewhat more quiet feeling of satisfaction with that which pleases our enjoyment of the recital