rapture

Main Entry:
rapture [rap-cher]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extreme happiness and delight in something
Synonyms: at-oneness, beatitude, bliss, buoyancy, cheer, cloud nine, communion, contentment, cool*, delectation, ecstasy, elation, elysium, enchantment, enjoyment, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glory, good spirits, gratification, heaven, inspiration, joy, jubilation, nirvana, paradise, passion, pleasure, ravishment, rhapsody, satisfaction, seventh heaven, spell, transport, well-being
Antonyms: dislike, hate, hatred
Main Entry: delight
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: enjoyment, happiness
Synonyms: contentment, delectation, ecstasy, enchantment, felicity, fruition, gladness, glee, gratification, hilarity, jollity, joy, joyance, mirth, pleasure, rapture, relish, satisfaction, transport
Antonyms: depression, disappointment, dismay, melancholy, misery, pain, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness
Main Entry: desire
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: want, longing
Synonyms: admiration, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning
Antonyms: aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, repulsion
Main Entry: ecstasy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bliss
Synonyms: beatitude, blessedness, cool*, delectation, delight, delirium, ebullience, elation, enchantment, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, felicity, fervor, frenzy, gladness, happiness, heaven, inspiration, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, paradise, rapture, ravishment, rhapsody, seventh heaven, trance, transport, twilight zone
Notes: enstasy means 'to stand inside the self'; ecstasy means 'to stand outside the ordinary self'
Antonyms: despair, sorrow, torment, trouble, unhappiness
Main Entry: elation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extreme happiness
Synonyms: bliss, buoyancy, buzz, charge, cloud nine, delight, ecstasy, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, excitement, exhilaration, exultation, glee, high, high spirits, intoxication, jollies, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, kick*, kicks, rapture, stars in one's eyes, transport, triumph, up*, upper
Antonyms: depression, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness
Main Entry: enthusiasm
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: keen interest, excitement
Synonyms: activity, ardency, ardor, avidity, conviction, craze, dash, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, emotion, energy, exhilaration, fad, fanaticism, feeling, fervor, fever, fieriness, fire, flame, flare, frenzy, fury, gaiety, glow, go*, heat, hilarity, hobby, impetuosity, intensity, interest, joy, joyfulness, keenness, life, mania, mirth, nerve, oomph, orgasm, passion, pep, rapture, red heat, relish, snap, spirit, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, warmth, zeal, zealousness, zest, élan
Antonyms: aloofness, apathy, coldness, coolness, doubt, indifference, lethargy, pessimism, weariness
Main Entry: euphoria
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extreme happiness
Synonyms: bliss, dreamland, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, exultation, frenzy, glee, health, high spirits, intoxication, joy, joyousness, jubilation, madness, rapture, relaxation, transport
Antonyms: depression, despair, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe
Main Entry: exaltation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: great joy
Synonyms: animation, bliss, delectation, delight, ecstasy, elation, elevation, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, exultation, inspiration, intoxication, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, stimulation, transport, uplift
Antonyms: depression, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe
Main Entry: felicity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: happiness
Synonyms: bliss, cheerfulness, contentment, delight, ecstasy, elation, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, glee, good spirits, joviality, joy, jubilation, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rapture, well-being
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