Synonyms for enjoyment
ɛnˈdʒɔɪ mənten·joy·ment

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1. enjoyment

   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, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, pleasure, recreation, sport

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enjoymentnoun

   the pleasure felt when having a good time

   Synonyms:
   use, delectation

2. enjoyment, delectationnoun

   act of receiving pleasure from something

   Synonyms:
   enjoyment, use, delectation, delight

3. use, enjoymentnoun

   (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

   "we were given the use of his boat"

   Synonyms:
   usage, use, habit, delectation, use of goods and services, consumption, usance, role, function, utilization, utilisation, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, enjoyment, purpose, exercise

Matched Categories

1. • Pleasure

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1. enjoymentnoun

   Synonyms:
   pleasure, gratification, delight, happiness

2. enjoymentnoun

   Synonyms:
   fruition, satisfactory possession

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1. enjoymentnoun

   Synonyms:
   pleasure, delight, gratification, delectation, felicity, fruition

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1. List of paraphrases for "enjoyment":

   enjoy, exercise, realization, tenure, goce, pleasure, fulfilment, year, usufruct

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1. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:

   Believe me The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously

2. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged:

   Love is our response to our highest values. Love is self-enjoyment. The noblest love is born out of admiration of another's values.

3. Thomas Traherne:

   Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels.

4. Eoin Whelan:

   There is certainly evidence out there that people are becoming obsessed by it -- people who used to have an interest in their sport and got enjoyment out of the sport, but now that's switching to the data.

5. Dan Witters:

   People in Panama will report a lot of daily happiness, a lot of daily smiling and laughter, and a lot of daily enjoyment without a lot of stress and worry.