enjoyable
/in'dʤɔiəbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Providing satisfaction or pleasure: Describes something that gives enjoyment, delight, or a positive, pleasant experience.
- Capable of being enjoyed: Indicates that an activity, event, or thing is pleasant and likely to be liked.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- We had an enjoyable picnic by the lake.
- The movie was highly enjoyable from start to finish.
- She finds gardening to be a very enjoyable hobby.
Advanced Usage
- "make something enjoyable": To cause an activity or experience to be pleasant.
- Good company can make a long journey enjoyable.
- "find something enjoyable": To personally experience or perceive something as pleasant.
- I find classical music very enjoyable to listen to while working.
Variants and Related Words
- Enjoy (verb): To take pleasure in something.
- I enjoy reading science fiction.
- Enjoyment (noun): The state or process of taking pleasure in something.
- The children squealed with enjoyment on the roller coaster.
- Enjoyably (adverb): In a manner that provides enjoyment.
- The afternoon passed enjoyably.
Synonyms
- Pleasant: Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
- Pleasurable: Agreeable to the senses or mind; enjoyable.
- Delightful: Causing delight; charming.
- Entertaining: Providing amusement or enjoyment.
Antonyms
- Unpleasant: Causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; not pleasant.
- Miserable: Very unhappy or uncomfortable.
- Tedious: Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.
- Boring: Not interesting; tedious.
Related Phrases
- Enjoyable experience: A specific event or occurrence that was pleasant.
- Visiting the museum was an enjoyable experience for the whole family.
- Enjoyable read: A book or article that is pleasant to read.
- The novel was a light and enjoyable read for my vacation.
Adjective
- affording satisfaction or pleasure
- the company was enjoyable
- found her praise gratifying
- full of happiness and pleasurable excitement
- good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read