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rejoice

verb · 7 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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  • /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/
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  • rhymes with -ɔɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 JH OY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blithen, delight, rapture

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make happy, exhilarate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: elate, happify, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, fetch, cheer up, cherish, content, delight, elevate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happy, hearten, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, perk up, please, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To enjoy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie his brother Constans next aftir him rejoiced the same west-parti.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

to express great joy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Who cannot exult in Spring?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exuberate, exult, triumph, jubilate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cheer, cheer up, chirk up

Narrower terms: glory

6

verb

Meaning 6

feel happiness or joy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: joy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: feel, experience

Narrower terms: cheer, cheer up, chirk up, gladden, exult, walk on air, be on cloud nine, jump for joy

7

verb

Meaning 7

be ecstatic with joy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wallow, triumph

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exult, walk on air, be on cloud nine, jump for joy

History

Etymology

From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Doublet of rejoy. Compare French réjouir; Spanish regocijar; Portuguese regozijar; Italian gioire

Across languages

Translations

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chungli Ao: pela — to be happy
  • Arabic: فَرِحَ بِـ (fariḥa bi-) — to be happy
  • Armenian: հրճվել (hrčvel) — to be happy
  • Azerbaijani: sevinmək — to be happy
  • Bashkir: һөйөнөү (höyönöw) — to be happy
  • Bashkir: ҡыуаныу (qıwanıw) — to be happy
  • Belarusian: ра́давацца (rádavacca) — to be happy
  • Belarusian: це́шыцца (cjéšycca) — to be happy
  • Bulgarian: ра́двам се (rádvam se) — to be happy
  • Bulgarian: веселя́ се (veseljá se) — to be happy
  • Bulgarian: ликува́м (likuvám) — to be happy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開心 /开心 (kāixīn) — to be happy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高興 /高兴 (gāoxìng) — to be happy
  • Maore Comorian: ufurahi — to be happy
  • Czech: radovat se — to be happy
  • Czech: těšit se — to be happy
  • Danish: juble — to be happy
  • Dutch: jubelen — to be happy
  • Dutch: zich verheugen — to be happy
  • Esperanto: ĝoji — to be happy
  • Finnish: iloita — to be happy
  • Finnish: riemuita — to be happy
  • French: se réjouir — to be happy
  • Friulian: gjondâ — to be happy
  • German: sich freuen — to be happy
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (faginōn) — to be happy
  • Greek: αγάλλομαι (agállomai) — to be happy
  • Ancient Greek: ἀγάλλομαι (agállomai) — to be happy
  • Ancient Greek: γηθέω (gēthéō) — to be happy
  • Haitian Creole: rejwi — to be happy
  • Hungarian: örvendezik — to be happy
  • Hungarian: örvend — to be happy
  • Icelandic: fagna — to be happy
  • Icelandic: gleðjast — to be happy
  • Ido: joyar — to be happy
  • Interlingua: gauder — to be happy
  • Japanese: 快く (kokoroyoku) — to be happy
  • Japanese: 嬉しがる (ureshigaru) — to be happy
  • Japanese: 嬉しい (ureshii) — to be happy
  • Japanese: 喜ぶ (yorokobu) — to be happy
  • Karakhanid: سَڤُنْماكْ (sevünmēk) — to be happy
  • Korean: 기뻐하다 (gippeohada) — to be happy
  • Latin: gaudeō — to be happy
  • Latin: laetor — to be happy
  • Latin: laetīscō — to be happy
  • Macedonian: се радува (se raduva) — to be happy
  • Māori: komai — to be happy
  • Māori: koa — to be happy
  • Māori: hari — to be happy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fryde seg — to be happy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: være glad — to be happy
  • Old English: āhliehhan — to be happy
  • Old Tupi: oryb — to be happy
  • Old Tupi: ory — to be happy
  • Old Turkic: 𐰾𐰋𐰤 (sebin-) — to be happy
  • Old Uyghur: sʾβynmʾk (sevinmek) — to be happy
  • Polish: radować się — to be happy
  • Polish: cieszyć się — to be happy
  • Portuguese: exultar — to be happy
  • Portuguese: regozijar-se — to be happy
  • Russian: ра́доваться (rádovatʹsja) — to be happy
  • Russian: ликова́ть (likovátʹ) — to be happy
  • Sanskrit: ऊर्जयते (ūrjayate) — to be happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: радовати се — to be happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: веселити се — to be happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: ликовати — to be happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: radovati se — to be happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: veseliti se — to be happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: likovati — to be happy
  • Slovak: radovať sa — to be happy
  • Slovak: tešiť sa — to be happy
  • Slovene: veseliti se — to be happy
  • Spanish: alegrarse — to be happy
  • Spanish: regocijarse — to be happy
  • Swahili: kushangilia — to be happy
  • Swedish: glädjas — to be happy
  • Swedish: fröjda sig — to be happy
  • Tagalog: magalak — to be happy
  • Tagalog: magbunyi — to be happy
  • Tamil: மகிழ் (makiḻ) — to be happy
  • Tocharian B: kātk- — to be happy
  • Tocharian B: plānt- — to be happy
  • Turkish: sevinmek — to be happy
  • Ottoman Turkish: سونمك (sevinmek) — to be happy
  • Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (šmḫ) — to be happy
  • Ukrainian: раді́ти (radíty) — to be happy
  • Ukrainian: ра́дуватися (ráduvatysja) — to be happy
  • Ukrainian: ті́шитися (tíšytysja) — to be happy
  • Yiddish: זיך משׂמח זײַן (zikh mesameyekh zayn) — to be happy
  • Yiddish: זיך פֿרייען (zikh freyen) — to be happy
  • Arabic: أَفْرَحَ (ʔafraḥa) — to make happy
  • Belarusian: ра́даваць (rádavacʹ) — to make happy
  • Belarusian: це́шыць (cjéšycʹ) — to make happy
  • Bulgarian: ра́двам (rádvam) — to make happy
  • Bulgarian: веселя́ (veseljá) — to make happy
  • Cornish: lowenhe — to make happy
  • Czech: radovat — to make happy
  • Czech: těšit — to make happy
  • Esperanto: ĝojigi — to make happy
  • Finnish: riemastuttaa — to make happy
  • French: réjouir — to make happy
  • German: erfreuen — to make happy
  • Haitian Creole: rejwi — to make happy
  • Hungarian: boldogít — to make happy
  • Latin: laetificō — to make happy
  • Māori: whakamanamana — to make happy
  • Māori: whakahari — to make happy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: glede — to make happy
  • Polish: radować — to make happy
  • Polish: cieszyć — to make happy
  • Portuguese: regozijar — to make happy
  • Romanian: bucura — to make happy
  • Russian: ра́довать (rádovatʹ) — to make happy
  • Sanskrit: मृडयति (mṛḍayati) — to make happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: радовати — to make happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: веселити — to make happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: radovati — to make happy
  • Serbo-Croatian: veseliti — to make happy
  • Slovak: radovať — to make happy
  • Slovak: tešiť — to make happy
  • Slovene: veseliti — to make happy
  • Spanish: regocijar — to make happy
  • Tagalog: magpasaya — to make happy
  • Ukrainian: ра́дувати (ráduvaty) — to make happy
  • Ukrainian: ті́шити (tíšyty) — to make happy
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