PLEASANCE Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

pleasance

noun

Definition of pleasance

as in joy

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Noun

Zest has also been referred to as vitality, exuberance, and joie de vivre, the French phrase for the joy of living.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
The resulting meatballs were moist, herby, spiced, seasoned, spicy and just a joy to eat.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of joy

Noun

Opening in limited release on October 15, critics are more or less united in their awe, amusement, and sheer bafflement at what Fielder and Oppenheim were able to capture.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
The Georgia Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire, which oversees safety inspections of amusement and carnival rides, has also launched an investigation of the roller coaster.

— Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of amusement

Noun

Her recent relapse, despite the secrecies and shame, was also a time of bliss.

— James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In the song, Swift apologizes to an ex for neglecting his feelings, comparing the bliss of a rebound relationship to the excitement of drug users post-withdrawal in recovery, where the term in the title originates.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of bliss

Noun

Sills, whose felicity with Shakespeare’s language is so formidable as to sometimes walk off with Othello’s requisite vulnerability, did not always travel far enough down Kadri’s road.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
What was the secret of American felicity and prosperity?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026

Definition of felicity

Noun

On the one hand, there are the flow-state breakthroughs, the gratification of acclaim, the rush of connecting with an audience; on the other, the brutal sacrifices of time, money, and stability.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Walter Mischel, a psychologist who taught at Stanford and Columbia, conducted some of the most famous studies on delaying gratification in the late 1960s and 1970s.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of gratification

Noun

Complicating matters, one person’s cringe is another’s enjoyment.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Separate research from Prudential Financial recently found that more than six in 10 retirees with at least $500,000 in investable assets do not feel comfortable spending money for enjoyment.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of enjoyment

Noun

These novels are puzzles at their core, and using logic to solve the mystery before it’s revealed in the book is, to me, the main pleasure in reading them.

— New York Times, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Stanton’s confession ends up being incomprehensible to anyone but himself—an irony that McCarthy, with his partiality for secret codes, seems to take great pleasure in.

— Max Callimanopulos, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of pleasure

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