DELIGHTS Synonyms: 164 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of delight

as in joys

a source of great satisfaction the opportunity for travel was one of the major delights of the couple's golden years

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as in pleasures

someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment with his great sense of humor and bubbly personality, he is a delight to be around

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delights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of delight

as in triumphs

to feel or express joy or triumph I delighted at the sight of my old schoolyard tormentor standing behind the fast-food counter, asking customers if they wanted fries

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as in pleases

to give satisfaction to the news that you had won the Pulitzer delighted us beyond words

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Recent Examples of delights

Noun

For a chef in Chicago, translating this world of Basque dining, with all its delights and idiosyncrasies, proves tricky. — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026 Gleick has a rich supply of oddities and delights from the telephone’s early history. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 Beautiful cemeteries can captivate with their artistic and architectural elegance, entice with lessons in local history, and tantalize the senses with botanical delights. — Mitchell Gilburne, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026 See 15 inflatables and eight animatronics lining the lawn, creating a scene that’s both eerie and whimsical to delights neighbors. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Grenada The new year marks the 150th anniversary of Spicemas, the annual August carnival in Grenada, which is known as the Spice Island due to its cultivation of nutmeg, cloves and other scented delights. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 The university’s homemade ice cream was one of the few delights of those marathon study sessions. — Natalie Hoy, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2026 Leaving aside the comics, tie-books, video games, and other ancillary delights of exploiting successful IP, there’s the Netflix show, of course. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026 There’s joyous color combos, textural delights, and plenty of aesthetic-hopping. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Verb

The calendar can become a series of buildups and letdowns around the prospect of surprise delights. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 This variety pack is the way to go in order to try all the chocolaty delights that Unreal has on offer. — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 The kind of mid-budget delights Cruise specialized are struggling to exist. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Located in a petite strip mall off I-75, the doughnut shop lacks frills but delights with an array of yeast and cake-style doughnuts. — Lia Picard, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 The Dogist delights 🐶 After getting laid off, Elias Weiss Friedman picked up his camera and started shooting photos of dogs. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Now that the greige days are finally behind us, a glint of sparkle truly delights. — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026 Those 30 lucky owners should experience exceptional throttle response that delights. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026 This is a prospect that particularly delights Lady Eliza Spencer, Princess Diana’s niece and Prince Harry’s cousin. — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 29 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The ever-present reality of the war has caused some students to cast off the joys of youth as an unaffordable, frivolous luxury.

— David Super, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
Keegan and Boo soon discover the joys of unplugging and spending quality time with their grandparents, who also come around and embrace the experiment after begrudgingly agreeing.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of joys

Verb

Each dish at Manhattan’s Atomix pleases the senses and comes with a menu card articulating its inspiration and how it’s rooted in Korean culinary history.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
And sore must be the storm indeed that can abash the foliage fiesta that pleases so many eyes.

— Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pleases

Noun

Football—besides being one of our more ubiquitous and unrestrained national entertainments—has also become one of the rare arenas in American life where highly specialized language can flourish without censure.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Among the New Wave of American filmmakers in the mid-’70s, Spielberg and his friend George Lucas stood out as directors with ambitions to make old-fashioned popular entertainments.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026

Definition of entertainments

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Chifeng facility holds Bureau Veritas ISO certifications, satisfies RFNBO and ISCC standards, and produces 320,000 tons of green ammonia annually.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
The off-kilter tale of a brave fox leading the fight against a comically noxious group of farmers satisfies like the grand victory feast at Badger’s (Bill Murray) table.

— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2026