delight
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
his delight to see her was obvious to all
Types & categories
- pleasure hypernym
- ravishment hyponym
- amusement hyponym
- Schadenfreude hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
These colors please the senses
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
something or someone that provides a source of happiness
a joy to behold
Types & categories
- positive stimulus hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
take delight in
he delights in his granddaughter
Types & categories
- have a ball hyponym
- wallow hyponym
- live it up hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
hold spellbound
Types & categories
- delight hypernym
Related & opposite
- disillusion antonym
- bewitchment derivation
- ravishment derivation
- enchantment derivation
- exaltation derivation
- trance derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | revel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | delight |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pleasure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ravishment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amusement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Schadenfreude |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | displease |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | like |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | like |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | delectation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleaser |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasant |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | please |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | gratify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | endear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enchant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | revel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gladden |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | delight |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | positive stimulus |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enjoyment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | delectation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enjoyment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enjoyer |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | expend |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | have a ball |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wallow |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | live it up |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | disillusion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bewitchment |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravishment |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | enchantment |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | exaltation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trance |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | delight |