Synonyms of pleasure

pleasure 1 of 2

noun

ˈple-zhər 

1

as in enjoyment

the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met

nothing gives me more pleasure than a hot meal after a long day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enjoyment
• contentment
• satisfaction
• delight
• happiness
• content
• joy
• gratification
• relish
• gladness
• delectation
• amusement
• joyfulness
• glee
• contentedness
• bliss
• entertainment
• ecstasy
• elation
• exultation
• comfort
• cheerfulness
• exhilaration
• pleasance
• euphoria
• rapture
• felicity
• exuberance
• intoxication
• diversion
• gleefulness
• jubilation
• afterglow
• jollity
• ease
• heaven
• gaiety
• elatedness
• cheer
• restfulness
• joie de vivre

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• displeasure
• dissatisfaction
• misery
• discontent
• sadness
• sorrow
• unhappiness
• unhappiness
• anguish
• wretchedness
• woe
• depression
• irritation
• melancholy
• anger
• desolation
• dejection
• annoyance
• discontentment
• gloom
• discontentedness
• distress
• aggravation
• vexation
• exasperation
• fury
• rage
• despondency
• discomfort
• disturbance
• joylessness
• agitation
• uneasiness
• upset
• restlessness
• dispiritedness
• pique

2

as in joy

a source of great satisfaction

the new car is a real pleasure to drive

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in delight

someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment

a good-humored girl who's a pleasure to be around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delight
• entertainment
• fun
• diversion
• recreation
• distraction
• picnic
• divertissement
• activity
• pastime
• lark
• escape
• revel
• festivity
• romp
• hilarity
• jollity
• merrymaking
• spree
• revelry
• rollicking
• game
• frolic
• scream
• conviviality
• laugh
• carousing
• riot
• binge
• fling
• reveling
• gaiety
• time killer
• jollification
• rollick
• frolicking
• gambol
• whoopee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bore
• drag
• bummer
• downer
• killjoy
• party pooper

pleasure

2 of 2

verb

as in to delight

to give satisfaction to

a wine that is sure to pleasure even the most discriminating palate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delight
• please
• satisfy
• warm
• thrill
• feast
• glad
• agree (with)
• gratify
• entertain
• amuse
• rejoice
• content
• gladden
• suit
• tickle
• appease
• soothe
• comfort
• excite
• gas
• placate
• calm
• satiate
• charm
• sate
• quench
• pacify
• mollify
• treat
• assuage
• captivate
• titillate
• humor
• indulge
• divert
• pamper
• spoil
• cater (to)
• galvanize
• coddle
• mollycoddle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• displease
• bother
• get
• anger
• annoy
• put out
• outrage
• aggravate
• irritate
• cross
• bug
• vex
• exasperate
• pique
• irk
• chafe
• grate
• distress
• gall
• provoke
• infuriate
• perturb
• inflame
• rouse
• ruffle
• enrage
• disturb
• upset
• madden
• rile
• incense
• rankle
• roil
• harass
• agitate
• peeve
• insult
• fret
• steam up
• offend
• harry
• affront
• nettle
• pester

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pleasure

Noun

Yet certain stalwart kid pleasures have been reimagined in the intervening decades. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

OutKick has had the pleasure of interviewing Wilbon on several occasions. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Verb

There’s a major sequence in the film — some of which is in the trailer — where Lowen is pleasuring herself and fantasizing about having sex with Jeremy but then the fantasy switches to Verity, and Anne and Dakota kiss. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

And most of them did not choose the economic arrangement that compels them to burn that carbon, that splits labor and leisure in this way, that organizes work and pleasure around certain kinds of mobility. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026