pleasure - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Pleasure is a general term for good feelings. People get pleasure from eating, sleeping, watching TV, or anything else they enjoy.

Pleasure is the opposite of pain. Pain feels bad, but pleasure feels good. People talk about sexual pleasure, but that's just one kind. People get pleasure from delicious foods, great movies, beautiful music, and all sorts of other things. Something as small as a comfortable chair and something as big as your candidate being elected President can bring pleasure. If you had a good time hosting your friends for lunch, you can tell them "It was a pleasure."

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pleasure

1	n	something or someone that provides a source of happiness
2	n	a formal expression

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pleasure

1

n something or someone that provides a source of happiness

“the pleasure of his company”

Synonyms:: delight, joy

Type of:: positive stimulus
a stimulus with desirable consequences

n an activity that affords enjoyment

“he puts duty before pleasure”

Types:: luxuriation
an activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment

Type of:: activity
any specific behavior

n a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

“he was tingling with pleasure”

Synonyms:: pleasance

Antonyms:: pain, painfulness
emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

Types:: show 16 types...; hide 16 types...; delectation, delight
a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; enjoyment
the pleasure felt when having a good time; pleasantness
the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling; comfort
a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment; sexual pleasure
pleasure derived from sexual activities; entrancement, ravishment
a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment; amusement
a feeling of delight at being entertained; Schadenfreude
delight in another person's misfortune; joie de vivre
a keen enjoyment of living; gusto, relish, zest, zestfulness
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment; afterglow
the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event; consolation, solace, solacement
the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; alleviation, assuagement, relief
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; algolagnia, algophilia
sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain; sadism
sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others; masochism
sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological)

Type of:: feeling
the experiencing of affective and emotional states

n sexual gratification

“he took his pleasure of her”

Type of:: sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
activities associated with sexual intercourse

2

n a formal expression

“he serves at the pleasure of the President”

Type of:: choice, pick, selection
the person or thing chosen or selected