pleasure
pleasure is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. "Not sunk in carnal pleasure." Milton. He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. Prov. xxi.
- 2.Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. 2 Tim. iii.
- 3.3. What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. "He will do his pleasure on Babylon." Isa. xlviii.
- 4.Use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter. Shak.
- 5.That which pleases; a favor; a gratification. Shak. Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure Acts xxv.
- 6.At pleasure, by arbitrary will or choice. Dryden. -- To take pleasure in, to have enjoyment in. Ps. cxlvii.
- 7.Note: Pleasure is used adjectively, or in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, pleasure boat, pleasure ground; pleasure house, etc.
- 8.To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. Shak. [Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith. Tennyson.
- 9.To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- choice
- comfort
- command
- delight
- enjoyment
- favor
- gladness
- gratification
- joy
- kindness
- preference
- purpose
- satisfaction
- solace
- will
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- advantage
- age
- agreeable
- all
- and
- animal
- aright
- authority
- autocratic
- babyhood
- bask
- beardless
- bed
- behalf
- behoof
- beneficial
- benefit
- best
- bid
- blessing
- bloom
- bodily
- bonne
- boon
- boot
- bouche
- boyhood
- budding
- callow
- casual
- cause
- chance
- childhood
- choice
- choose
- clover
- comfort
- comfortable
- commendable
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is pleasure.
- What is lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. 2 Tim. iii called?
- What is 3. What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. "He will do his pleasure on Babylon." Isa. xlviii called?
- What is use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter. Shak called?
- What is that which pleases; a favor; a gratification. Shak. Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure Acts xxv called?
- What is at pleasure, by arbitrary will or choice. Dryden. -- To take pleasure in, to have enjoyment in. Ps. cxlvii called?
- What is note: Pleasure is used adjectively, or in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, pleasure boat, pleasure ground; pleasure house, etc called?
- What is to give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. Shak. [Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith. Tennyson called?
- What is to take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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