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
• blessedness
• delight
• satisfaction
• ecstasy
• felicity
• elation
• exultation
• warm fuzzies
• glee
• exhilaration
• comfort
• euphoria
• rapture
• cheerfulness
• mirth
• joyousness
• exuberance
• jubilation
• intoxication
• high
• triumph
• glory
• ravishment
• gratification
• transport
• nirvana
• lightheartedness
• seventh heaven
• jollity
• elatedness
• paradise
• 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

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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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of joy

Noun

The expressive range widened from poignant dissonances to melismata of explosive joy. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2026

The interpersonal conflicts and joys passed down in her family felt oddly familiar. — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2026

That would be awful to listen to, and the joy of facts is in discovering them and passing them on. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2026

Stokes played with an obvious intensity and joy that was clearly missing from the Kentucky side. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2026