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Synonyms for pleasure
ˈplɛʒ ərplea·sure
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Wiktionary
pleasurenoun
Synonyms:
gratification, gladness, want, wish, fancy, discretion, delight, indulgence, happiness, joy, satisfaction, will, desireAntonyms:
pain, displeasurepleasurenoun
a state of being pleased
Johnny pleasured Jackie orally last night.
Synonyms:
will, satisfaction, happiness, desire, gladness, fancy, discretion, gratification, wish, delight, indulgence, joy, wantAntonyms:
pain, displeasurepleasurenoun
a person, thing or action that causes enjoyment
Synonyms:
happiness, will, gratification, delight, satisfaction, gladness, joy, wish, fancy, indulgence, want, desire, discretionAntonyms:
displeasure, painpleasurenoun
one's preference
What is your pleasure, coffee or tea?
Synonyms:
discretion, want, happiness, gladness, joy, delight, will, fancy, satisfaction, wish, desire, gratification, indulgenceAntonyms:
pain, displeasurepleasurenoun
the will or desire of someone or some agency in power
Synonyms:
happiness, will, fancy, gladness, gratification, desire, discretion, indulgence, joy, delight, wish, want, satisfactionAntonyms:
pain, displeasure
English Synonyms and Antonyms
pleasure
Entertainment and recreation imply thought and mental occupation, tho in an agreeable, refreshing way; they are therefore words of a high order. Entertainment, apart from its special senses of a public performance or a social party, and predominantly even there, is used of somewhat mirthful mental delight; recreation may, and usually does, combine the mental with the physical. Amusement and pastime are nearly equivalent, the latter probably the lighter word; many slight things may be pastimes which we should hardly dignify by the name of amusements. Sports are almost wholly on the physical plane, tho involving a certain grade of mental action; fox-hunting, horse-racing, and baseball are sports. Certain sports may afford entertainment or recreation to certain persons, according to their individual tastes; but entertainment and recreation are capable of a meaning so high as never to be approached by any meaning of sport. Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous. Amusement is a form of enjoyment, but enjoyment may be too keen to be called amusement. Compare synonyms for ENTERTAIN.
Synonyms:
amusement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, recreation, sportAntonyms:
ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
pleasure
Synonyms:
enjoyment, gratification, sensuality, self-indulgence, voluptuousness, choice, preference, vill, inclination, purpose, determination, favor, satisfaction, indulgentAntonyms:
pain, suffering, affliction, trouble, asceticism, self-denial, abstinence, disinclination, aversion, indisposition, denial, refusal
Princeton's WordNet
pleasure, pleasancenoun
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
"he was tingling with pleasure"
Synonyms:
pleasance, delight, joyAntonyms:
pain, painfulnessjoy, delight, pleasurenoun
something or someone that provides a source of happiness
"a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
Synonyms:
joyousness, joy, pleasance, delectation, delight, joyfulnessAntonyms:
painfulness, painpleasurenoun
a formal expression
"he serves at the pleasure of the President"
Synonyms:
pleasance, delight, joyAntonyms:
painfulness, painpleasurenoun
an activity that affords enjoyment
"he puts duty before pleasure"
Synonyms:
pleasance, delight, joyAntonyms:
painfulness, painpleasurenoun
sexual gratification
"he took his pleasure of her"
Synonyms:
pleasance, delight, joyAntonyms:
pain, painfulness
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pleasurenoun
Synonyms:
enjoyment, gratification, comfort, delight, joy, gladness, temporary happinesspleasurenoun
Synonyms:
sensuality, voluptuousness, luxury, animal gratificationpleasurenoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pleasurenoun
Synonyms:
gratification, enjoyment, happiness, delectation, delight, amusement, recreation, diversion, will, choice, preference, desire, voluptuousness, sensualityAntonyms:
displeasure
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#32 | will | |
#254 | want | |
#316 | place | |
#707 | entertainment | |
#731 | fun | |
#1089 | wish | |
#1157 | nice | |
#1178 | choice | |
#1258 | purpose | |
#1280 | happy | |
#1291 | sport | |
#2587 | recreation | |
#3729 | satisfaction | |
#4015 | desire | |
#4123 | determination | |
#4192 | pleasure | |
#4281 | joy | |
#5012 | pleased | |
#5455 | favor | |
#5817 | preference | |
#6590 | recreational | |
#6632 | placing | |
#6747 | discretion | |
#6823 | fancy | |
#7322 | happiness | |
#9338 | delight | |
#10225 | honour | |
#11912 | enjoyment | |
#12217 | amusement | |
#12252 | cheer | |
#14709 | thrill | |
#15612 | diversion | |
#18098 | indulgence | |
#23687 | inclination | |
#27267 | placer | |
#35408 | gratification | |
#36065 | pastime | |
#38926 | gusto | |
#41963 | indulgent | |
#42284 | sensuality | |
#44953 | vill | |
#52150 | placentia | |
#54297 | frolic | |
#61631 | gladness | |
#72806 | merriment | |
#116280 | plaisance | |
#143416 | pleasance | |
#156194 | voluptuousness | |
#231713 | delectation | |
#271085 | joyfulness | |
#320546 | joyousness |
How to use pleasure in a sentence?
Error is a supposition that pleasure and pain, that intelligence, substance, life, are existent in matter. Error is neither Mind nor one of Mind's faculties. Error is the contradiction of Truth. Error is a belief without understanding. Error is unreal because untrue. It is that which stemma to be and is not. If error were true, its truth would be error, and we should have a self-evident absurdity --namely, erroneous truth. Thus we should continue to lose the standard of Truth.
Creativity and play introduces an element of pleasure and levity that is really important to connect kids. It brings more joy to the message as opposed to 'Ahhh! We have to wash our hands because of this horrible virus!'.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
You can ... figure you're an old guy and you (already) did your thing, then something inside me gets reminded that my 'thing' is what makes me alive -- to be able to have a camera and an idea and an urge that gives me pleasure.
Solving an equation of math gives me the same pleasure as a passionate kiss does.
Translations for pleasure
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- متعةArabic
- həzzAzerbaijani
- наслада, удоволствиеBulgarian
- নন্দBengali
- uspokojit, potěšení, slast, rozkošCzech
- mwyniant, mwynhâd, boddhâd, hyfrydwch, bodd, pleserWelsh
- Spaß, Freude, VergnügenGerman
- ευχαρίστηση, τέρψη, απόλαυση, ηδονήGreek
- plezuroEsperanto
- placerSpanish
- lõbuEstonian
- کیفPersian
- huviFinnish
- désir, plaisirFrench
- pléisiúrIrish
- tlachdScottish Gaelic
- ענגHebrew
- आनन्द, अभिरामHindi
- gyönyörűségHungarian
- հաճույքArmenian
- placerInterlingua
- kesenanganIndonesian
- preferenza, piacimento, scelta, goduria, piacereItalian
- הנאהHebrew
- 喜びJapanese
- სიამოვნებაGeorgian
- 쾌락Korean
- خۆشیKurdish
- iucunditas, oblectatio, delectamentum, dulcedo, gaudium, voluptatem, delectatio, voluptasLatin
- PlëséierLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- malonumasLithuanian
- prieksLatvian
- rēhiaMāori
- баяр жаргалMongolian
- welbehagen, plezier, genoegenDutch
- fornøyelseNorwegian
- przyjemnośćPolish
- prazerPortuguese
- plăcereRomanian
- воля, радость, радовать, наслаждение, склонность, удовлетворение, удовлетворять, развлечение, расположенность, желание, доставлять удовольствие, удовольствиеRussian
- आनन्दSanskrit
- preferèncija, zadovòljstvo, ужи́так, задово̀љство, užítakSerbo-Croatian
- potešenieSlovak
- kënaqësiAlbanian
- behagSwedish
- anasaSwahili
- ความปิติยินดีThai
- kaaliwanTagalog
- zevkTurkish
- задоволенняUkrainian
- niềm vui thíchVietnamese
- פֿאַרגעניגןYiddish
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