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Synonyms of joy in English:

joy


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noun

1‘whoops of joy’

SYNONYMS
delight, great pleasure, joyfulness, jubilation, triumph, exultation, rejoicing, happiness, gladness, glee, exhilaration, ebullience, exuberance, elation, euphoria, bliss, ecstasy, transports of delight, rapture, radiance
enjoyment, gratification, felicity
cloud nine, seventh heaven
joie de vivre
humorous delectation
literary joyousness
rare jouissance, ravishment, jocundity
ANTONYMS

misery, despair

2‘it was a joy to be with her’

SYNONYMS
pleasure, source of pleasure, delight, treat, thrill
informal buzz, kick
ANTONYMS

trial, tribulation

3‘if you still have no joy, you may have to resort to the courts’

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success, satisfaction, luck, successful result, positive result
accomplishment, achievement