Usually means: Enjoyment derived from satisfying desires.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 35 dictionaries that define the word Pleasure:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. pleasure: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pleasure: Merriam-Webster
  3. pleasure: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pleasure: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pleasure: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pleasure: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pleasure, pleasure: Wordnik
  8. pleasure: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pleasure: Wiktionary
  10. pleasure: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pleasure: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pleasure: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Pleasure, pleasure: Dictionary.com
  14. pleasure (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pleasure: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Pleasure (American band), Pleasure (EP), Pleasure (Feist album), Pleasure (Marion Meadows album), Pleasure (Norwegian band), Pleasure (Ohio Players album), Pleasure (band), Pleasure, The Pleasure: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Pleasure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. pleasure: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. pleasure: Rhymezone
  20. pleasure: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. pleasure: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Pleasure: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. Pleasure: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. pleasure: FreeDictionary.org
  25. pleasure: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. pleasure: TheFreeDictionary.com
  27. pleasure: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pleasure: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pleasure: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pleasure: Idioms
  2. pleasure: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pleasure, pleasure: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Pleasure: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pleasured as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (pleasure)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
▸ noun:  (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Sexual enjoyment.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) One's preference.
▸ noun:  (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.

Similar:
delight, joy, pleasance, unpleasure, enjoyment, pleasurable, thrill, satisfaction, pleasureful, privilege, more...

Opposite:
pain, discomfort, misery, unhappiness, distress

Phrases:
with pleasure, sexual pleasure, my pleasure, pleasure principle, at pleasure, more...

Adjectives:
great, much, own, sexual, good, real, sensual, aesthetic, mere, pure, physical

Colors:
    rose,     lavender,     gold,     coral,     blush, more...


▸ Word origin

▸ Words similar to Pleasure

▸ Usage examples for Pleasure

▸ Idioms related to Pleasure

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing Pleasure

▸ Words that often appear near Pleasure

▸ Rhymes of Pleasure

▸ Invented words related to Pleasure

Similar:
delight, joy, pleasance, unpleasure, enjoyment, pleasurable, thrill, satisfaction, pleasureful, privilege, more...

Opposite:
pain, discomfort, misery, unhappiness, distress

Phrases:
with pleasure, sexual pleasure, my pleasure, pleasure principle, at pleasure, took pleasure, takes pleasure, taking pleasure, pleasure boats, pleasure craft, pleasure gardens, pleasure trip, pleasure garden, more...

Adjectives:
great, much, own, sexual, good, real, sensual, aesthetic, mere, pure, physical

Colors:
    rose,     lavender,     gold,     coral,     blush, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "Pleasure" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux