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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great happiness, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | alleviation, amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delectation, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, exulting, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor, gratification, hilarity, humor, indulgence, jewel, jubilance, liveliness, luxury, merriment, mirth, pride, pride and joy, prize, rapture, ravishment, refreshment, regalement, rejoicing, revelry, satisfaction, solace, sport, transport, treasure, treat, wonder |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | pleasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delight, happiness |
| Synonyms: | amusement, bliss, buzz*, comfort, contentment, delectation, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, felicity, flash*, fruition, game, gladness, gluttony, gratification, gusto, hobby, indulgence, joie de vivre, joy, joyride, kick*, kicks, luxury, primrose path, recreation, relish, revelry, satisfaction, seasoning, self-indulgence, solace, spice, thrill, titillation, turn-on, velvet*, zest |
| Antonyms: | gloom, melancholy, pain, sadness, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rapture |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | welfare/well-being |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | health and prosperity |
| Synonyms: | abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, easy street, euphoria, felicity, good, good fortune, happiness, interest, luck, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving |
| Main Entry: | peace of mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental freedom |
| Synonyms: | bliss, calmness, cheer, clear conscience, comfort, composure, contentment, delight, ecstasy, elation, euphoria, exuberance, felicity, fulfillment, happiness, high spirits, joy, peacefulness, pleasure, quiet mind, satisfaction, serenity, soothingness, tranquility, well-being |
| Main Entry: | welfare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prosperity |
| Synonyms: | abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, east street, euphoria, felicity, good, good fortune, happiness, health, interest, luck, pogey, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving, well-being |
| Main Entry: | joyfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness |
| Synonyms: | beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, content, contentment, delectation, delight, delirium, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, good humor, good spirits, hilarity, hopefulness, joviality, joy, jubilation, laughter, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, optimism, paradise, peace of mind, playfulness, pleasure, prosperity, rejoicing, sanctity, seventh heaven, vivacity, well-being |
| Main Entry: | urbanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elegance |
| Synonyms: | breeding, charm, class, courtliness, cultivation, culture, delicacy, dignity, discernment, distinction, elegancy, exquisiteness, felicity, gentility, good taste, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, hauteur, lushness, luxury, magnificence, nicety, nobility, noblesse, ornateness, polish, politeness, poshness, propriety, purity, refinement, restraint, rhythm, sophistication, splendor, style, sumptuousness, symmetry, tastefulness |
| Main Entry: | weal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | welfare |
| Synonyms: | abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease*, east street, euphoria, felicity, good, good fortune, happiness, health, interest, luck, pogey, profit, progress, prosperity, satisfaction, success, thriving, well-being |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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