Another word for pleasure
pleasure
n.
Enjoyment
delight, enjoyment, happiness, joy, contentment, satisfaction, gratification, fulfillment, bliss, felicity, rapture, ease, comfort, gladness, delectation, relish, kicks*; see also happiness 2, satisfaction 2.
Will
want, preference, wish; see desire 1.
Amusement
hobby, game, diversion; see entertainment 1, 2, fun.
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
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Another word for pleasure
A feeling of extreme gratification aroused by something good or desired:
delectation, delight, enjoyment, joy. See happy, likeThe condition of responding pleasurably to something:
delectation, enjoyment. See painA desire for a particular thing or activity:
fancy, liking, mind, will. See likeUnrestricted freedom to choose:
discretion, will. See free
To give great or keen pleasure to:
cheer, delight, enchant, gladden, gratify, overjoy, please, tickle. (Archaic) joy. See happy, likeTo feel or take joy or pleasure:
delight, exult, joy, rejoice. See happy
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"pleasure." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 22 February 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/PLEASURE>.
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pleasure. (n.d.). Retrieved February 22nd, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/PLEASURE
