Definition of ENJOY

enjoy

Verb

Verb Forms: enjoyed, enjoying, enjoys

  • To take delight or pleasure in an activity or experience.
  • derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
  • have benefit from
    • "enjoy privileges"
  • get pleasure from
  • have for one's benefit
    • "The industry enjoyed a boom"
  • take delight in
  • To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
  • To have the use or benefit of something.
  • To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
  • To have sexual intercourse with.

Examples

  • Enjoy your holidays! I very much enjoy dancing.
  • He couldn’t help but ENJOY the cleverness of his opponent’s triple-word play.
  • I enjoyed a lot.
  • I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.

Synonyms

bask, delight, love, relish, revel, savor, savour, appreciate, coitize, copulate with, delight in, feast, go to bed with, pleasure, rejoice, rejoice in, sleep with

Antonyms

suffer

Scrabble Score: 15

enjoy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
enjoy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
enjoy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

enjoy: valid Words With Friends Word