Synonyms for pleasure
ˈplɛʒ ərplea·sure

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1. pleasurenoun

   Synonyms:
   gratification, gladness, want, wish, fancy, discretion, delight, indulgence, happiness, joy, satisfaction, will, desire

   Antonyms:
   pain, displeasure

2. pleasurenoun

   a state of being pleased

   Johnny pleasured Jackie orally last night.

   Synonyms:
   will, satisfaction, happiness, desire, gladness, fancy, discretion, gratification, wish, delight, indulgence, joy, want

   Antonyms:
   pain, displeasure

3. pleasurenoun

   a person, thing or action that causes enjoyment

   Synonyms:
   happiness, will, gratification, delight, satisfaction, gladness, joy, wish, fancy, indulgence, want, desire, discretion

   Antonyms:
   displeasure, pain

4. pleasurenoun

   one's preference

   What is your pleasure, coffee or tea?

   Synonyms:
   discretion, want, happiness, gladness, joy, delight, will, fancy, satisfaction, wish, desire, gratification, indulgence

   Antonyms:
   pain, displeasure

5. pleasurenoun

   the will or desire of someone or some agency in power

   Synonyms:
   happiness, will, fancy, gladness, gratification, desire, discretion, indulgence, joy, delight, wish, want, satisfaction

   Antonyms:
   pain, displeasure

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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, sport

   Antonyms:
   ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pleasure

   Synonyms:
   enjoyment, gratification, sensuality, self-indulgence, voluptuousness, choice, preference, vill, inclination, purpose, determination, favor, satisfaction, indulgent

   Antonyms:
   pain, suffering, affliction, trouble, asceticism, self-denial, abstinence, disinclination, aversion, indisposition, denial, refusal

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. pleasure, pleasancenoun

   a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

   "he was tingling with pleasure"

   Synonyms:
   pleasance, delight, joy

   Antonyms:
   pain, painfulness

2. joy, 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, joyfulness

   Antonyms:
   painfulness, pain

3. pleasurenoun

   a formal expression

   "he serves at the pleasure of the President"

   Synonyms:
   pleasance, delight, joy

   Antonyms:
   painfulness, pain

4. pleasurenoun

   an activity that affords enjoyment

   "he puts duty before pleasure"

   Synonyms:
   pleasance, delight, joy

   Antonyms:
   painfulness, pain

5. pleasurenoun

   sexual gratification

   "he took his pleasure of her"

   Synonyms:
   pleasance, delight, joy

   Antonyms:
   pain, painfulness

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Choice
   • Feeling
   • Positive Stimulus
   • Sexual Activity

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pleasurenoun

   Synonyms:
   enjoyment, gratification, comfort, delight, joy, gladness, temporary happiness

2. pleasurenoun

   Synonyms:
   sensuality, voluptuousness, luxury, animal gratification

3. pleasurenoun

   Synonyms:
   will, choice, preference, purpose, wish, mind

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1. pleasurenoun

   Synonyms:
   gratification, enjoyment, happiness, delectation, delight, amusement, recreation, diversion, will, choice, preference, desire, voluptuousness, sensuality

   Antonyms:
   displeasure

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pleasure":

   joy, fun, delight, pleased, satisfaction, plaisance, recreational, placentia, happy, honour, amusement, placer, gusto, enjoyment, placing, happiness, place, recreation, thrill, nice

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How to use pleasure in a sentence?

1. Mary Baker Eddy:

   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.

2. Anne Glowinski:

   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!'.

3. Gandhi:

   To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

4. Haskell Wexler:

   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.

5. Baba Faiz:

   Solving an equation of math gives me the same pleasure as a passionate kiss does.