pleasure
English Thesaurus
1. sexual gratification (noun.act)
2. an activity that affords enjoyment (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | activity, |
| definition | : | any specific behavior (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | luxuriation, |
| definition | : | an activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment (noun.act) |
3. a formal expression (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | choice, pick, selection, |
| definition | : | the person or thing chosen or selected (noun.cognition) |
4. something or someone that provides a source of happiness (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | positive stimulus, |
| definition | : | a stimulus with desirable consequences (noun.cognition) |
5. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience (noun.feeling)
| hypernym | : | feeling, |
| definition | : | the experiencing of affective and emotional states (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | delectation, delight, |
| definition | : | a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | enjoyment, |
| definition | : | the pleasure felt when having a good time (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | pleasantness, |
| definition | : | the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | comfort, |
| definition | : | a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | sexual pleasure, |
| definition | : | pleasure derived from sexual activities (noun.feeling) |
6. an activity that affords enjoyment (noun.act)
| derivation | : | delight, please, |
| definition | : | give pleasure to or be pleasing to (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | please, |
| definition | : | be the will of or have the will (to) (verb.emotion) |
7. something or someone that provides a source of happiness (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | gladden, joy, |
| definition | : | make glad or happy (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | delight, please, |
| definition | : | give pleasure to or be pleasing to (verb.emotion) |
8. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience (noun.feeling)
| antonym | : | pain, painfulness, |
| definition | : | emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | delight, please, |
| definition | : | give pleasure to or be pleasing to (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | pleasant, |
| definition | : | affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings (adj.all) |
9. an activity that affords enjoyment (noun.act)
| derivation | : | delight, please, |
| definition | : | give pleasure to or be pleasing to (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | please, |
| definition | : | be the will of or have the will (to) (verb.emotion) |
10. something or someone that provides a source of happiness (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | gladden, joy, |
| definition | : | make glad or happy (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | delight, please, |
| definition | : | give pleasure to or be pleasing to (verb.emotion) |
11. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience (noun.feeling)
| antonym | : | pain, painfulness, |
| definition | : | emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | delight, please, |
| definition | : | give pleasure to or be pleasing to (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | pleasant, |
| definition | : | affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings (adj.all) |
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