| VERB | emotion | enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour | derive or receive pleasure from |
|---|---|---|---|
| consumption | enjoy | have benefit from | |
| emotion | enjoy, love | get pleasure from | |
| perception | enjoy | have for one's benefit | |
| consumption | enjoy, delight, revel | take delight in |
| Sounds | ehnjhoy'; ihnjhoy' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | joy ... killjoy: 3 rhymes with jhoy... | |
| Meaning | derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
| Synonyms | bask, relish, savor, savour | |
| Entails | like | Find enjoyable or agreeable |
| Narrower | devour | enjoy / enjoy / enjoy avidly |
| feast one's eyes | look at with great enjoyment | |
| Spanish | disfrutar, gozar, gustar, saborear | |
| Catalan | agradar, assaborir, disfrutar, gaudir, plaure | |
| Nouns | enjoyer | a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something |
| enjoyment | act of receiving pleasure from something | |
| enjoyment | the pleasure felt when having a good time | |
| Meaning | Have benefit from. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "enjoy privileges" | |
| Broader | use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ | put into service |
| Spanish | disfrutar, gozar | |
| Nouns | enjoyment | (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy / enjoy the benefits of owning property |
| Meaning | Get pleasure from. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They enjoy him to write the letter | |
| Synonym | love | |
| Narrower | get off | enjoy / enjoy / enjoy in a sexual / sexual way |
| Broader | like | Find enjoyable or agreeable |
| Spanish | adorar, disfrutar, encantar, gozar | |
| Catalan | adorar, disfrutar, encantar, fruir, gaudir | |
| Nouns | enjoyer | a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something |
| enjoyment | act of receiving pleasure from something | |
| enjoyment | the pleasure felt when having a good time | |
| Meaning | Have for one's benefit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The industry enjoyed a boom" | |
| Broader | experience, see, go through | go or live through |
| Opposite | suffer, endure | Undergo or be subjected to |
| Spanish | disfrutar | |
| Meaning | Take delight in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Sam and Sue enjoy the movie; They will enjoy the duet | |
| Synonyms | delight, revel | |
| Entails | use, expend | use up, consume fully |
| Narrower | have a ball, have a good time | enjoy / enjoy oneself greatly |
| live it up | enjoy / enjoy oneself | |
| wallow | delight greatly in | |
| Spanish | deleitarse, deleitar, disfrutar, divertirse, encantarse, gozar | |
| Catalan | delectar-se, disfrutar, divertir-se, fruir, gaudir | |
| Nouns | enjoyer | a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something |
| enjoyment | act of receiving pleasure from something | |
| enjoyment | the pleasure felt when having a good time | |
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