joy

joy

noun

Definition of JOY

1

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 beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, felicity, gladness, joy, warm fuzzies

Related Words elatedness, elation, exhilaration, exultation, high, intoxication; ecstasy, euphoria, glory, heaven, nirvana, paradise, rapture, rapturousness, ravishment, seventh heaven, transport; delectation, delight, enjoyment, pleasure; cheer, cheerfulness, comfort, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, jocundity, jollity, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness, merriness, mirth; content, contentedness, gratification, satisfaction, triumph

Near Antonyms agony, anguish, desolation, joylessness, sorrow, sufferance, woe, woefulness; blues, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolateness, despondency, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, gloom, gloominess, melancholy, mournfulness, plaintiveness; Gehenna, hell, purgatory

Antonyms calamity, ill-being, misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness

2

a source of great satisfaction <my car is my pride and joy>

Synonyms delectation, feast, gas [slang], joy, kick, manna, pleasure, treat

Related Words amusement, diversion, entertainment, fun, recreation; comfort, relief, solace; gratification, indulgence; ambrosia