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

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1. enjoymentnoun

   the pleasure felt when having a good time

   Synonyms:
   use, delectation

2. enjoyment, delectationnoun

   act of receiving pleasure from something

   Synonyms:
   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, 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. Napolean Hill:

   Success in highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which comes only to the man who has found the work he likes best.

2. Ben Fanning:

   Multitasking sucks the enjoyment out of the moment, maybe you enjoy cooking or you enjoy talking to your work team and clients, but if you are dong both of those things at the same time, you aren't really enjoying either one.

3. George Barrell Cheever:

   For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever-present sense of humor it is the next best thing to an abiding faith in providence.

4. The Senate investigation:

   If wealthy Russian oligarchs can purchase millions in art for personal investment or enjoyment while under sanction, it follows that their businesses or hidden resources could also continue accessing the The Senate investigation financial system.

5. 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.