PLEASURE meaning: 1. enjoyment, happiness, or satisfaction, or something that gives this: 2. enjoyment, happiness…. Learn more.

Synonyms for PLEASURE: enjoyment, contentment, satisfaction, delight, happiness, content, joy, gratification; Antonyms of PLEASURE: displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, discontent, …

Pleasure is the general term: to take pleasure in beautiful scenery. Enjoyment is a quiet sense of well-being and pleasurable satisfaction: enjoyment at sitting in the shade on a warm day.

Definition of pleasure noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A pleasure is an activity, experience, or aspect of something that you find very enjoyable or satisfying. Watching TV is our only pleasure.

There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun pleasure, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

1. enjoyment or satisfaction derived from something that is to one's liking; gratification; delight. 2. a cause or source of enjoyment or delight: It was a pleasure to see you. 3. worldly or frivolous …