Definition of REJOICE

rejoice

Verb

Verb Forms: rejoiced, rejoicing, rejoices

  • To feel or show great joy or delight.
  • feel happiness or joy
  • to express great joy
  • be ecstatic with joy
  • To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
  • To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
  • To make happy, exhilarate.
  • To enjoy.

Examples

  • After playing a seven-letter word, he allowed himself a moment to REJOICE in his Words With Friends victory.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Doublet of rejoy. Compare French réjouir; Spanish regocijar; Portuguese regozijar; Italian gioire

Synonyms

exuberate, exult, joy, jubilate, triumph, wallow, beatify, begladden, blissen, blithen, bright, cheer, cheer up, content, delight, elate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, perk up, please, raise someone's spirits, rapture, rejoice, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart

Scrabble Score: 16

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

Words With Friends Score: 19

rejoice: valid Words With Friends Word