enjoy
Syllables: en·joyUK/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
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Australia/enˈd͡ʒoɪ/
enjoy verb: to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
Verb
enjoy (third-person singular simple present enjoys, present participle enjoying, simple past and past participle enjoyed)
- To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
- Enjoy your holidays! I very much enjoy dancing.
- I've really enjoyed you and your sister showing me around.
- Synonyms:
- appreciate, delight in, rejoice, relish, pleasure, feast, groove
- To have the use or benefit of something.
- I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.
- that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 36:8
- Synonyms:
- rejoice
- To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.
- I enjoyed a lot.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- Never did thy Beautie[…]so enflame my sense With ardor to enjoy thee.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Synonyms:
- coitize
enjoy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
enjoy in Hindi
- to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
- आनंद लेना ānand lenā, मज़े लेना maze lenā, उपभोग करना upbhog karnā
enjoy in Tamil
- to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
- ரசி raci
enjoy in Urdu
- to enjoy
- لطف اندوز ہونا lutf andoz honā
enjoy in Bengali
- আনন্দ পাত্তয়া, আনন্দ হওয়া, চাখা, ভুঁজা, মজা মারা, আরাম করা
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- enjoy in Telugu
- భోగించు bhōgiñcu, క్రోలు krōlu, అనుభవించు anubhaviñcu, కాను kānu
- enjoy in Malayalam
- മകിഴുക makiḻuka
- enjoy in Kannada
- ಉಣ್ಣು uṇṇu
- enjoy in Punjabi
- ਮਾਣਨਾ māṇnā
- enjoy in Odia
- ପାଇବା pāibā
- enjoy in Sanskrit
- भुनक्ति bhunakti, उच्यति ucyati, जुषते juṣate, हर्यति háryati
- enjoy in Arabic
- اِسْتَمْتَعَ istamtaʕa, تَمَتَّعَ tamattaʕa, اِنْبَسَطَ inbasaṭa, حَظِيَ ḥaẓiya
- enjoy in Indonesian
- menikmati
- enjoy in Persian
- لذت بردن lezzat bordan
- enjoy in Thai
- เพลิดเพลิน plə̂ət-pləən
- enjoy in Vietnamese
- thưởng thức, hưởng thụ
Examples of enjoy in a sentence
- "Well, why did you tell me?" said I softly, to enjoy her flutters of amazement , of dismay.1904, The Loves of Edwy, Lothrop Publishing Company, page 239:
- It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you.2008, Christopher Paolini, “To Walk the Land Alone”, in Brisingr, page 73:
- Night and day were the same in this prison room, but Tommy's wrist-watch, which enjoyed a certain degree of accuracy, informed him that it was nine o'clock in the evening.1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:
- This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.1988, Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays:
Synonyms of enjoy
Forms of enjoy
| third-person singular present | enjoys |
|---|---|
| present participle | enjoying |
| past participle | enjoyed |
| past | enjoyed |
| alternative form (obsolete) | enioy |
| alternative form (obsolete) | injoy |
Origin of enjoy
From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.
Words formed from enjoy
- disenjoy
- enjoyability
- enjoyable
- enjoyee
- enjoyer
- enjoyful
- enjoyingly
- enjoyment
- enjoy oneself
- enjoy your holiday
- enjoy your meal
- joyability
- overenjoy
- reenjoy
- unenjoyed
- unenjoying
Words that rhyme with enjoy
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- joy
- alloy
- Amoy
- cloy
- convoy
- deploy
- goy
- oi
- overjoy
- ploy
- travois
- ahoy
- annoy
- catboy
- Choi
- foxboy
- foy
- Hanoi
- hoi polloi
- kathoey
- poi
- Saint Croix
- soy
- Sukhoi
- accoy
- bok choy
- cocky's joy
- diaperboy
- doy
- Floy
- hoi
- hoo, boy
- hoy
- killjoy
- Kilroy
- koi
- loy
- man and boy
- noy
- oe
- oy
- pick-me boy
- ploye
- po' boy
- puppyboy
- Savoie
- stroy
- sugoi
Questions about enjoy
- What does enjoy mean?
- Enjoy means to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
- What is enjoy in Hindi?
- Enjoy in Hindi is आनंद लेना (ānand lenā), मज़े लेना (maze lenā), उपभोग करना (upbhog karnā). See Enjoy meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use enjoy in a sentence?
- "Well, why did you tell me?" said I softly, to enjoy her flutters of amazement , of dismay.
- What part of speech is enjoy?
- Enjoy is a verb.
- How do you pronounce enjoy?
- Enjoy is pronounced /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of enjoy?
- The past tense of enjoy is enjoyed.
Words near enjoy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: enjoy (page history and authors); لطف اندوز ہونا (Urdu) (page history and authors); enjoy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అనుభవించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); മകിഴുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಉಣ್ಣು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਮਾਣਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ପାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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