joy

Definition

Examples

The team shouted with joy when they heard they had won the contract.

Word Family

Synonyms

• delighta feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
• gladnessexperiencing joy and pleasure
• pleasurea fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

Collocations

• Easy tears of joy
  to tears of joy, meaning to separate or cause to separate abruptly
• Medium express joy at project milestones
  to express joy at project milestones, meaning to give expression to
• Hard joy of discovery in research
  to joy of discovery in research, meaning to feel happiness or joy
• Very Hard pride and joy crowning achievement
  to pride and joy crowning achievement, meaning to be proud of