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

Be the kind of person who finds joy in knowledge for knowledge’s sake, which seems like a quality that could be good for life, not just Jeopardy. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Capers stood there, beaming along with the president, flooded with the joy and validation of the moment. — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

The story’s ultimate message about the kids learning to forego their electronic devices to embrace the joy of friends and family also seems a bit ironic, considering the film’s future as an electronic babysitter. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

Songwriting has been my therapy; songwriting has been my release, my joy. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026