ENJOYED Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

enjoyed

verb

past tense of enjoy

as in loved

to take pleasure in TV and DVDs are OK, but we still enjoy seeing movies on the big screen

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as in owned

to keep, control, or experience as one's own a country where the people enjoy the highest living standards in the world

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Recent Examples of enjoyed For hundreds of thousands of years, our species has enjoyed the warmth and protection of a good fire before bedtime. — Mike McRae 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026 During their weeks-long hiatus, Navarro enjoyed vacationing with loved ones, while Goldberg shared clips of her attending art shows across Europe. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The two Enzos became incredibly close during their time together at Chelsea and enjoyed long conversations about football. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Meals can be enjoyed at the breakfast bar, in the adjoining casual dining area, or in the formal dining room. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026 The 19-year-old center back enjoyed a breakout performance at the Women’s AFCON tournament. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026 But that’s in the past now, and since inventory for the sport sedan has recovered, and its base model is back on the menu, the WRX has enjoyed a much more comfortable end to the summer. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 2 Sep. 2026 The Cahen d’Anvers family enjoyed a happy and comfortable existence during the Belle Époque, the optimistic period between the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and the start of World War I in 1914. — Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026 Open for breakfast and lunch, the eatery sticks largely to the classics—think omelets, pancakes, eggs Benedict, and plenty of biscuits, best enjoyed smothered in gravy, of course. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026

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She was surrounded by people who loved her at her longtime home in Manhattan, her foundation said on social media.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Yearning to be loved in the Lakers’ Los Angeles, the Clippers were easy marks during that 2019 free agency.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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Palisades nuclear power plant The Palisades nuclear power plant is located five miles away from South Haven, Michigan, and was owned by CMS Energy before its sale in 2007.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Romo also must pay $834, and an ignition interlock device must be installed on any vehicle owned or operated by Romo or registered in his name for a minimum of one year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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The dominant eight-wicket win ended an eight-match losing streak in the format outside Pakistan and, given the paucity of success in recent times, a 1-1 draw in the Caribbean was to be savoured.

— Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Despite placing seventh at the Commonwealth Games last month, Goodburn savored the accomplishment of making the final.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of savored

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West Ham also retained club captain Jarrod Bowen, Taty Castellanos and Konstantinos Mavropanos, while Arne Engels, Manor Solomon, Joel Piroe and Divine Mukasa were their headline summer additions.

— Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Impressively, Fever retained the Dax's single-channel front ABS system by machining custom wheel-speed sensor discs and fabricating mounts for both the ABS module and the factory tip-over sensor.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026

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Lacking modern long-distance communication, Romans relished any opportunity for connecting with each other in person, even in the restroom.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
Conceived as a vehicle for several Brat Pack actors of the time including Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland, the film nonetheless belonged to Curry, who relished every line of villainy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of relished

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Nosferatu In 2024 Depp appeared in Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu as Ellen Hutter, a young woman tormented and nearly possessed by the film’s titular vampire.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
Through serial repetition, role-play, and the oscillation between masculine and feminine visual codes, Stötzer stages gender as something performed rather than possessed.

— Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of possessed

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