JOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does joy mean?
• JOY (noun)
The noun JOY has 2 senses:
1. the emotion of great happiness
2. something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness
Familiarity information: JOY used as a noun is rare.
• JOY (verb)
The verb JOY has 2 senses:
1. feel happiness or joy
2. make glad or happy
Familiarity information: JOY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JOY (noun)
Meaning:
The emotion of great happiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
joyousness; joyfulness; joy
Hypernyms ("joy" is a kind of...):
emotion (any strong feeling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joy"):
elation; high spirits; lightness (a feeling of joy and pride)
exultation; jubilance; jubilancy; jubilation (a feeling of extreme joy)
excitement; exhilaration (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)
exuberance (joyful enthusiasm)
Antonym:
sorrow (an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement)
Meaning:
Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
delight; joy; pleasure
Context examples:
a joy to behold / the pleasure of his company / the new car is a delight
Hypernyms ("joy" is a kind of...):
positive stimulus (a stimulus with desirable consequences)
• JOY (verb)
Meaning:
Feel happiness or joy
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
joy; rejoice
Hypernyms (to "joy" is one way to...):
experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "joy"):
cheer; cheer up; chirk up (become cheerful)
gladden (become glad or happy)
be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air (feel extreme happiness or elation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Make glad or happy
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
gladden; joy
Cause:
gladden (become glad or happy)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "joy"):
overjoy (cause to feel extremely joyful or happy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The good news will joy her
