Synonyms for delight
dɪˈlaɪtde·light

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. delight

   To entertain, in the sense here considered, is to engage and pleasantly occupy the attention; to amuse is to occupy the attention in an especially bright and cheerful way, often with that which excites merriment or laughter; as, he entertained us with an amusing story. To divert is to turn from serious thoughts or laborious pursuits to something that lightly and agreeably occupies the mind; one may be entertained or amused who has nothing serious or laborious from which to be diverted. To recreate, literally to re-create, is to engage mind or body in some pleasing activity that restores strength and energy for serious work. To beguile is, as it were, to cheat into cheer and comfort by something that insensibly draws thought or feeling away from pain or disquiet. We beguile a weary hour, cheer the despondent, divert the preoccupied, enliven a dull evening or company, gratify our friends' wishes, entertain, interest, please a listening audience, occupy idle time, disport ourselves when merry, recreate when worn with toil; we amuse ourselves or others with whatever pleasantly passes the time without special exertion, each according to his taste.

   Synonyms:
   amuse, beguile, cheer, disport, divert, enliven, entertain, gratify, interest, occupy, please, recreate

   Antonyms:
   annoy, bore, busy, disquiet, distract, disturb, tire, weary

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1. delight

   Synonyms:
   enjoyment, pleasure, happiness, transport, ecstasy, joy, gratification, gladness, rapture, bliss

   Antonyms:
   pain, suffering, sorrow, trouble, misery, displeasure, dissatisfaction, disappointment, discomfort, dejection, depression, distress, melancholy, discontent

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. delight, delectationnoun

   a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction

   "his delight to see her was obvious to all"

   Synonyms:
   joy, enjoyment, delectation, pleasure

2. joy, delight, pleasureverb

   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, pleasure, joyfulness

3. please, delightverb

   give pleasure to or be pleasing to

   "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"

   Synonyms:
   enthral, revel, enjoy, ravish, enrapture, enchant, enthrall, transport, please

4. delight, enjoy, revelverb

   take delight in

   "he delights in his granddaughter"

   Synonyms:
   ravish, enjoy, savour, please, relish, transport, enthrall, make merry, enchant, bask, jollify, savor, whoop it up, racket, love, make whoopie, wassail, make happy, enrapture, revel, enthral

5. enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delightverb

   hold spellbound

   Synonyms:
   ship, transfer, ravish, capture, beguile, dishonour, enthrall, violate, dishonor, captivate, enamour, witch, trance, channelize, jinx, enamor, enthral, channelise, becharm, enrapture, channel, carry, transport, revel, entrance, rape, fascinate, charm, glamour, outrage, enjoy, catch, assault, send, hex, enchant, please, bewitch, transmit

Matched Categories

1. • Please
   • Satisfy

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. delightnoun

   Synonyms:
   joy, gladness, delectation, rapture, transport, ravishment, ecstasy, great pleasure

2. delightverb

   Synonyms:
   enrapture, transport, enchant, charm, bless, please highly, gratify much

3. delightverb

   Synonyms:
   take delight, have great pleasure

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "delight":

   joy, pleasure, satisfaction, rejoicing, happiness, rapture, delights, relish

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1. John Gay:

   Cowards are cruel, but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save.

2. Alastair Reid:

   Children are entitled to their otherness, as anyone is and when we reach them, as we sometimes do, it is generally on a point of sheer delight, to us so astonishing, but to them so natural.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Love is the light of life. Happiness is the delight of life.

5. Maksym Kapitanchuk:

   She would always smile, i don’t even think I’ve ever seen her without her smile – even through the mask I can see her eyes smiling. She was the delight of the class, of any party, any class.