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.

pleasure

delight

joy

enjoyment

happiness

amusement

fun

satisfaction

entertainment

gratification

gladness

desire

delectation

bliss

comfort

diversion

sport

pastime

recreation

contentment

will

ease

play

rapture

wish

luxury

distraction

merriment

taste

felicity

pleasance

relish

rejoicing

gratify

glee

treat

complacence

gaiety

mirth

amusing

cheering

comical

curious

eccentric

enjoyable

entertaining

funny

hilarious

peculiar

queer

sportive

wacky

appeal

volition

elation

admiration

blissfulness

relaxation

gusto

liking

great joy

go pleasuring

content

kick

jollification

spree

command

lust

humour

inclination

enjoying

glad

happy

odd

strange

weird

flavour

hilarity

welfare

hobby

interest

congratulations

felicitations

sweetness

leisure activity

admire

adore

love

talk to

abuse

blame

censure

complain

object

protest

reproach

delightfulness

esteem

eulogy

joyfulness

cheerfulness

willingness

assuagement

complacency

complancence

rest

enthusiasm

need

radiance

fancy

dalliance

amorous pastime

satisfaction of mind

exultation

go outing

ecstasy

satisfy

sweet

intoxication

acceptableness

attraction

comfortableness

pleasureableness

account

affair

authority

business

case

cause

concern

description

history

information

narrative

news

order

saying

statement

subject

thing

things

word

beast

interest animal

mammal

refreshment

goodwill

contedment

contentedness

delegacy

flavor

cheer

take pleasure

lightheartedness

charm

jubilation

acceptance

favor

small

favour

beguilement

good time

gleefulness

head trip

self-gratification

feast

indulging

expectation

hope

fulfillment

comedic

nice to meet you

pleased to meet you

ecstacy

possession

amuse

entertain

anger

dissipation

willow tree

coy

joyance

felicific calculus

pleasures

queem

jouissance

gust

blessedness

please

enjoy

merry

rejoice

joyful

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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.