pleasure

Meaning

1. A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
2. A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
3. Sexual enjoyment.
4. One's preference.
5. The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.

delight

joy

great joy

go pleasuring

ecstacy

jouissance

talk to

leisure activity

complancence

amorous pastime

satisfaction of mind

go outing

head trip

self-gratification

pleasureableness

interest animal

contedment

queem

admire

Frequency

Hyphenated as

pleas‧ure

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈplɛʒə/

From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.