Synonyms of joy

joy 1 of 2

noun

ˈjȯi 

1

as in happiness

a feeling or state of well-being and contentment

the inexpressible joy that the couple are feeling upon the birth of their first child

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happiness
• bliss
• blissfulness
• joyfulness
• enjoyment
• pleasure
• gladness
• beatitude
• delight
• blessedness
• satisfaction
• ecstasy
• felicity
• elation
• exultation
• warm fuzzies
• glee
• exhilaration
• comfort
• euphoria
• rapture
• cheerfulness
• mirth
• joyousness
• exuberance
• jubilation
• gayety
• intoxication
• high
• triumph
• glory
• ravishment
• gratification
• transport
• nirvana
• lightheartedness
• seventh heaven
• jollity
• paradise
• elatedness
• contentedness
• jubilance
• heaven
• merriness
• delectation
• gleefulness
• rapturousness
• gaiety
• cheer
• content
• jocundity
• gladsomeness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sadness
• misery
• unhappiness
• sorrow
• calamity
• wretchedness
• anguish
• agony
• woe
• desolation
• melancholy
• sufferance
• depression
• gloom
• dejection
• blues
• joylessness
• ill-being
• despondency
• gloominess
• hell
• doldrums
• woefulness
• mournfulness
• cheerlessness
• purgatory
• plaintiveness
• disheartenment
• desolateness
• downheartedness
• dispiritedness
• Gehenna

2

as in delight

a source of great satisfaction

my car is my pride and joy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delight
• pleasure
• treat
• feast
• relief
• amusement
• comfort
• kick
• fun
• delectation
• diversion
• entertainment
• manna
• gas
• recreation
• gratification
• solace
• indulgence
• ambrosia

joy

2 of 2

verb

as in to delight

to feel or express joy or triumph

the whole town is joying in the fact that its oldest church has been restored to its Victorian splendor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delight
• glory
• triumph
• exult
• rejoice
• brag
• exuberate
• jubilate
• kvell
• crow
• gloat
• swell
• kick up one's heels
• boast
• parade
• flaunt
• preen
• show off
• swagger
• strut

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regret
• weep
• grieve
• lament
• bewail
• bemoan

Examples of joy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

These talented professionals put love and care into every creation, turning their dreams into businesses that bring joy to others. —Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024

The president said Kennedy was full of integrity, empathy, joy and light. —CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024

Verb

But also to joy in and record the astonishment—inner and outer. —Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2023