Synonyms for pleasure
ˈplɛʒ ər

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pleasure, pleasance(noun)

   a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

   "he was tingling with pleasure"

   Synonyms:
   pleasance, delight, joy

   Antonyms:
   pain, painfulness

2. joy, delight, pleasure(noun)

   something or someone that provides a source of happiness

   "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"

   Synonyms:
   joyousness, joy, pleasance, delectation, delight, joyfulness

   Antonyms:
   painfulness, pain

3. pleasure(noun)

   a formal expression

   "he serves at the pleasure of the President"

   Synonyms:
   pleasance, delight, joy

   Antonyms:
   painfulness, pain

4. pleasure(noun)

   an activity that affords enjoyment

   "he puts duty before pleasure"

   Synonyms:
   pleasance, delight, joy

   Antonyms:
   painfulness, pain

5. pleasure(noun)

   sexual gratification

   "he took his pleasure of her"

   Synonyms:
   pleasance, delight, joy

   Antonyms:
   pain, painfulness

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pleasure(noun)

   Synonyms:
   gratification, gladness, want, wish, fancy, discretion, delight, indulgence, happiness, joy, satisfaction, will, desire

   Antonyms:
   displeasure, pain

2. pleasure(noun)

   to give pleasure (especially sexual pleasure) to

   Johnny pleasured Jackie orally last night.

   Synonyms:
   happiness, desire, gladness, fancy, discretion, gratification, wish, delight, indulgence, joy, want, satisfaction, will

   Antonyms:
   displeasure, pain

3. pleasure(noun)

   a person, thing or action that causes enjoyment

   Synonyms:
   happiness, will, gratification, delight, satisfaction, gladness, joy, wish, fancy, indulgence, want, desire, discretion

   Antonyms:
   displeasure, pain

4. pleasure(noun)

   one's preference

   What is your pleasure, coffee or tea?

   Synonyms:
   want, happiness, gladness, joy, delight, will, fancy, satisfaction, wish, desire, gratification, indulgence, discretion

   Antonyms:
   pain, displeasure

5. pleasure(noun)

   the will or desire of someone or some agency in power

   Synonyms:
   happiness, will, fancy, gladness, gratification, desire, discretion, indulgence, joy, delight, wish, want, satisfaction

   Antonyms:
   displeasure, pain

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pleasure

   Entertainment and recreation imply thought and mental occupation, tho in an agreeable, refreshing way; they are therefore words of a high order. Entertainment, apart from its special senses of a public performance or a social party, and predominantly even there, is used of somewhat mirthful mental delight; recreation may, and usually does, combine the mental with the physical. Amusement and pastime are nearly equivalent, the latter probably the lighter word; many slight things may be pastimes which we should hardly dignify by the name of amusements. Sports are almost wholly on the physical plane, tho involving a certain grade of mental action; fox-hunting, horse-racing, and baseball are sports. Certain sports may afford entertainment or recreation to certain persons, according to their individual tastes; but entertainment and recreation are capable of a meaning so high as never to be approached by any meaning of sport. Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous. Amusement is a form of enjoyment, but enjoyment may be too keen to be called amusement. Compare synonyms for ENTERTAIN.

   Synonyms:
   amusement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, recreation, sport

   Antonyms:
   ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pleasure

   Synonyms:
   enjoyment, gratification, sensuality, self-indulgence, voluptuousness, choice, preference, vill, inclination, purpose, determination, favor, satisfaction, indulgent

   Antonyms:
   pain, suffering, affliction, trouble, asceticism, self-denial, abstinence, disinclination, aversion, indisposition, denial, refusal

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pleasure(n.)

   Synonyms:
   enjoyment, gratification, comfort, delight, joy, gladness, temporary happiness

2. pleasure(n.)

   Synonyms:
   sensuality, voluptuousness, luxury, animal gratification

3. pleasure(n.)

   Synonyms:
   will, choice, preference, purpose, wish, mind

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pleasure(n)

   Synonyms:
   gratification, enjoyment, happiness, delectation, delight, amusement, recreation, diversion, will, choice, preference, desire, voluptuousness, sensuality

   Antonyms:
   displeasure

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "pleasure":

   joy, fun, delight, pleased, satisfaction, plaisance, recreational, placentia, happy, honour, amusement, placer, gusto, enjoyment, placing, happiness, place, recreation, thrill, nice

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How to use pleasure in a sentence?

1. Jody Wager:

   When we dance, the pleasure centers in our brains light up.

2. George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron:

   Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.

3. Francis Quarles:

   Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.

4. Neil Armstrong:

   We've often had people come up to us and tell us how the moon landing inspired them. They come up to Rick and I and tell us how they were inspired by the achievement and how it made them want to be better, that's a very powerful thing. It's a pleasure to be a part of something that lifts humanity up.

5. Thomas Jefferson:

   An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

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