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enjoy

verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /enˈd͡ʒoɪ/
  • Australian: /ɪnˈd͡ʒoɪ/
  • Australian: /ənˈd͡ʒoɪ/
  • New-Zealand: /enˈd͡ʒoɪ/
  • New-Zealand: /ənˈd͡ʒoɪ/
  • rhymes with -ɔɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 N JH OY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 N JH OY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Enjoy your holidays! I very much enjoy dancing.
  • I've really enjoyed you and your sister showing me around.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To have the use or benefit of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rejoice

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, intransitive

Examples

  • I enjoyed a lot.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To have sexual intercourse with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

take delight in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he delights in his granddaughter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delight, revel

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: have a ball, have a good time, wallow, live it up

6

verb

Meaning 6

have benefit from

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • enjoy privileges

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ

7

verb

Meaning 7

derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She relished her fame and basked in her glory

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bask, relish, savor, savour

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: feast one's eyes, devour

8

verb

Meaning 8

get pleasure from

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I love cooking

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: love

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: like

Narrower terms: get off

9

verb

Meaning 9

have for one's benefit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The industry enjoyed a boom

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: suffer

Broader terms: experience, see, go through

History

Etymology

From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.

Across languages

Translations

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gëzoj — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Arabic: اِسْتَمْتَعَ (istamtaʕa) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Arabic: تَمَتَّعَ (tamattaʕa) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Arabic: اِنْبَسَطَ (inbasaṭa) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Arabic: انبسط (inbasaṭ) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Armenian: վայելել (vayelel) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Azerbaijani: həzz almaq — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Basque: gozatu — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Belarusian: насало́джвацца (nasalódžvacca) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Belarusian: це́шыцца (cjéšycca) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Belarusian: наце́шыцца (nacjéšycca) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Breton: bourrañ — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Bulgarian: ра́двам се (rádvam se) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Bulgarian: изпи́твам удово́лствие (izpítvam udovólstvie) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Bulgarian: наслаждавам се (naslaždavam se) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Bulgarian: наслади́ се (nasladí se) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Catalan: gaudir — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Chinese Cantonese: 享受 (hoeng2 sau6) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 欣賞 /欣赏 (xīnshǎng) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喜愛 /喜爱 (xǐ'ài) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 享受 (xiǎngshòu) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hula — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Corsican: goda — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Czech: bavit se — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Czech: těšit se — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Dalmatian: gaudar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Danish: nyde — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Dutch: genieten van — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Esperanto: ĝui — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Estonian: nautima — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Finnish: nauttia — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • French: profiter de — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • French: jouir de — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • French: apprécier — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • French: prendre plaisir — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Friulian: gjoldi — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Galician: gozar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Galician: desfrutar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • German: genießen — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • German: sich erfreuen an — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (niutan) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Greek: απολαμβάνω (apolamváno) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ancient Greek: τέρπομαι (térpomai) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Hebrew: נֶהֱנָה (nehená) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Hindi: आनंद लेना (ānand lenā) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Hindi: मज़े लेना (maze lenā) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Hindi: उपभोग करना (upbhog karnā) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Hungarian: élvez — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Hungarian: szeret — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Icelandic: njóta — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ido: juar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Indonesian: menikmati — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Irish: bain sult as — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Irish: bain taitneamh as — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Irish: bain spórt as — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Istriot: guodi — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Italian: godere — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Italian: fare con piacere — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Italian: gioire — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Italian: divertirsi — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Japanese: 楽しむ (tanoshimu) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Khmer: រីករាយ (riik riəy) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Korean: 즐기다 (jeulgida) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ladin: goder — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Latin: fruor — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Lombard: godè — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Lombard: gudè — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Lombard: god — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Luxembourgish: genéissen — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Maltese: igawdu — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Māori: hākinakina — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Neapolitan: gudè — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Norman: joui — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyte — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyte — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Occitan: gaudir — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Occitan: gausir — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Old English: brūcan — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Old Norse: njóta — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Persian: لذت بردن (lezzat bordan) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Polish: cieszyć się — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Polish: pocieszyć się — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Polish: podobać się — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Polish: spodobać się — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Portuguese: aproveitar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Portuguese: desfrutar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Portuguese: gozar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Portuguese: curtir — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Portuguese: apreciar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Quechua: achiy — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Romanian: savura — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Romanian: bucura — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Romanian: distra — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Romansh: giudair — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Romansh: guder — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Romansh: giuder — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Romansh: galdeir — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Romansh: giodair — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Russian: наслажда́ться (naslaždátʹsja) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Russian: наслади́ться (nasladítʹsja) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Russian: получа́ть удово́льствие (polučátʹ udovólʹstvije) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Russian: получи́ть удово́льствие (polučítʹ udovólʹstvije) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sanskrit: भुनक्ति (bhunakti) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sanskrit: उच्यति (ucyati) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sanskrit: जुषते (juṣate) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sanskrit: हर्यति (háryati) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sardinian: godire — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sardinian: gudire — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sardinian: bodire — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sardinian: gosae — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sardinian: gosai — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sardinian: gosare — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Scottish Gaelic: còrd ri — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Scottish Gaelic: meal — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Scottish Gaelic: gabh tlachd ann — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Serbo-Croatian: ужи́вати — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Serbo-Croatian: густирати — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Serbo-Croatian: užívati — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Serbo-Croatian: gustirati — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sicilian: gòdiri — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Sicilian: còliri — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Slovak: tešiť sa — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Slovak: baviť sa — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Slovene: uživati — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Spanish: disfrutar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Spanish: gozar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Spanish: fruir — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Swedish: tycka om — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Swedish: njuta — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Tamil: ரசி (raci) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Thai: เพลิดเพลิน (plə̂ət-pləən) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Tocharian B: winā-ññ- — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Turkish: zevk almak — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Turkish: haz almak — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Turkish: eylenmek — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Turkish: eğlenmek — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ottoman Turkish: بگنمك (beğenmek) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ukrainian: насоло́джуватися (nasolódžuvatysja) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ukrainian: насолоди́тися (nasolodýtysja) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ukrainian: усоло́джуватися (usolódžuvatysja) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ukrainian: усолоди́тися (usolodýtysja) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ukrainian: ті́шитися (tíšytysja) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ukrainian: наті́шитися (natíšytysja) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ukrainian: зазнава́ти насоло́ди (zaznaváty nasolódy) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Ukrainian: зазна́ти насоло́ди (zaznáty nasolódy) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Venetan: goder — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Venetan: godar — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Vietnamese: thưởng thức — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Volapük: juitön — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Welsh: mwynhau — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Yiddish: געניסן (genisn) — to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • Arabic: حَظِيَ (ḥaẓiya) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Breton: tañva — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Catalan: gaudir — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 享有 (xiǎngyǒu) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 享受 (xiǎngshòu) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 享用 (xiǎngyòng) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 受用 (shòuyòng) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hula — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Czech: těšit se — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Dutch: genieten — to have the use or benefit of something
  • French: jouir de — to have the use or benefit of something
  • French: bénéficier de — to have the use or benefit of something
  • German: genießen — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Hebrew: השתמש (hishtamésh) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Hungarian: élvez — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Hungarian: örvend — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Italian: usufruire — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Italian: godere — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Italian: beneficiare — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Japanese: 享受する (kyōju suru) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Korean: 향수하다 (hyangsuhada) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Korean: 누리다 (nurida) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Latin: fruor — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Old English: brūcan — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Portuguese: aproveitar — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Portuguese: gozar de — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Portuguese: desfrutar de — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Russian: по́льзоваться (pólʹzovatʹsja) — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Slovene: uživati — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Spanish: disfrutar — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Spanish: gozar — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Spanish: aprovechar — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Spanish: fruir — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Swedish: åtnjuta — to have the use or benefit of something
  • Vietnamese: hưởng thụ — to have the use or benefit of something
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