to joy

Examples

• All

• Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will joy in the God of my salvation.

  Blog text (10)

• Shelly had been feeling the closest thing to joy in a long time when she'd entered the shop.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The fact that someone had seen it too, my father had seen it, gave me the closest thing to joy I'd had since her death.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I wish you luck and joy with your future endeavors.

  Blog text (2)

• Steerforth: I wish you joy.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The meek also shall joy in the Lord and the poor among men rejoice!

  The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

• I wish you joy.

  Fiction book (2001)

• To see the smile on her face joyed me beyond words.

• He joyed in the simple pleasures of life, like a sunny day and a good book.

• I joyed when I heard the news of their engagement.

Synonyms

C

to cheer

vsto joy

392 1.0

To make someone feel happier

expresses great happiness or making someone extremely happy rather than mild happiness

R

to rejoice

vsto joy

93 3.6

Feel or show that you are very happy

is archaic and can also mean causing happiness, not only being happy

D

to delight

vsto joy

48 1.0

To enjoy something very much

is archaic and can also mean causing happiness, not only experiencing it

O

to overjoy

vsto joy

21 4.1

Make someone very happy

shows great happiness but not necessarily the extreme intensity implied here

B

to bring joy

vsto joy

12 2.3

To make someone feel happy

is archaic and can also mean feeling great happiness instead of only causing it

P

to pleasure

vsto joy

3 3.5

To give someone enjoyment or happiness

is archaic and focuses on making or feeling great happiness rather than satisfaction

G

to gladden

vsto joy

1 3.5

To make someone feel happy

is archaic and also means feeling great happiness rather than only causing it

J

to jubilate

vsto joy

1 8.4

To feel or show great joy, for example after a big win

is archaic and covers making or feeling happiness rather than public celebration

Antonyms

S

to sadden

76 2.3

To make someone feel sad

D

to displease

28 4.7

To make someone feel annoyed or unhappy

Idioms

N

no joy

• Informal

9 8.7

Not getting any success when you try something

J

to jump for joy

• Informal

6 2.5

Move or jump because you are very happy

A

abloom with joy

• Archaic

6.7

Looking very happy and excited

H

happy, happy, joy, joy

• Informal

8.3

People say it to show great happiness or excitement, often as a joke

J

joy in spades

• Informal

4.8

A very large amount of happiness

Phrasal Verbs

B

to bring joy

12 2.3

To make someone feel happy

Compounds

B

bundle of joy

• Informal

7 3.0

Someone or something that brings great happiness, often a newborn baby

M

moment of joy

4 2.1

A short time when you feel very happy

W

wellspring of joy

1 4.9

Something that gives people happiness all the time

C

complete and utter joy

2.8

A very strong feeling of deep happiness

E

effusion of joy

7.3

A sudden strong burst of joy that people feel or show

F

finding joy in movement

4.9

A happy feeling you get when you move your body, like dancing or walking

I

infectious joy

4.4

A strong happiness that spreads to others and makes them smile

J

joy incarnate

7.7

A person who is full of joy and makes other people happy

T

traveler's joy

• US

9.8

A climbing plant that twines around walls and has white fragrant flowers in summer

How Pleasing

to enrapture

• Literature

6 7.8

to joy

• Archaic

2 9.9

to gladden

1 3.5

to cheer

392 1.0

to please

216 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology