Joy

What do we mean by joy?

Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling. noun

An expression of such feeling. noun

A source or an object of joy. noun

To take great pleasure; rejoice. intransitive verb

To fill with ecstatic happiness, pleasure, or satisfaction. intransitive verb

To enjoy. intransitive verb

To take or feel joy; rejoice; be glad; exult.

To give joy to;cause to rejoice; gladden; delight.

To enjoy; possess with pleasure, or have pleasure in the possession of.

To wish joy to; felicitate; congratulate.

In astrology, an inferior fortitude, as when a planet is in the dignities of another planet congenial to him. noun

An emotion of pleasure, generally sudden, caused by the gratification of any passion or desire; ardent happiness arising from present or expected good; exultant satisfaction; exhilaration of spirits; gladness; delight. noun

A source of enjoyment or rejoicing; that which causes gladness or happiness. noun

Diversion; festivity. noun

An occasional name of the plant Ranunculus arvensis. noun

Synonyms Pleasure, Delight, etc. (see gladness); Glee, etc. (see hilarity); happiness, felicity, rapture, bliss. noun

To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult. intransitive verb

The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight. noun

That which causes joy or happiness. noun

A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.

Anything that causes such a feeling.

Luck or success; a positive outcome.

The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.

Words that are spelled similarly to joy:
joy.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word joy:
sorrow, sadness, happiness, luck, pleasure, curtis, cooking, ride, pain, gospel, christmas, happy, ian.

Words that rhyme with joy:
employ, boy, deploy, coy, alloy, enjoy, destroy, ploy, annoy, decoy, toy, cloy, convoy, oy, troy, ahoy, oi, cowboy, tomboy, savoy, soy, corduroy, hoy, goy, carboy, hoi polloi, roy, roi, iroquois, stoy, choi, foy, illinois, croix, polloi, bellboy, choy, busboy, playboy, attaboy, hoi, moy, mccoy, leroy, oye, loy, yoy, doughboy, tolstoy, oie, doi, whipping boy, neu, foie, highboy, redeploy, elroy, bolshoi, schoolboy, sonny boy, cfroi, malloy, moye, lovejoy, lacroix, fitzroy, bok choy, rob roy, office boy, golden boy, helen of troy, toye, fauntleroy, poor boy, farm boy, mcelroy, ball boy, altar boy, croy, boye, errand boy, quemoy, old boy, laboy, monroy, cabin boy, pomeroy, bok choi, real mccoy, bat boy, sailor boy, kilroy, gilroy, woy, joye, delivery boy, teddy boy, city boy, leo tolstoy, flournoy.

Adjectives that are often used to describe joy:
great, much, pure, greatest, more, sheer, real, greater, true, only, deep, eternal, spiritual, universal, unspeakable, intense, holy, everlasting, perfect, secret, inexpressible, wild, very, sudden, heavenly, infinite, inner, highest, supreme, chief, fierce, quiet, ecstatic, inward, strange, immense, savage, earthly, ineffable, indescribable, excessive, sweet, extreme, endless, divine, unbounded, triumphant, boundless, solemn, fearful, malicious, overwhelming, genuine, mingled, profound, delirious, exuberant, innocent, sympathetic, heartfelt, grateful, utmost, purest, spontaneous, mutual, exquisite, unutterable, absolute, rapturous, childish, unexpected, tremendous, eager.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective joy:
cometh, bells, riding, division, ride, shone, spread, stick, gear, shivers, reigns, riders, music, burst, springs, osofsky, love, hope, rides, ahead, perfume, sparkles, hulga, ann, thought, dryfoos, buel, hath, smiles, sorrow, entwine, beams, pain, giving, forever, papers, success, lives, pleasure, emotions, sops, comes, results, jaunts, unspeakable, cheerfulness, chant, returns, turns, palmer, morgan, shot, hakim, lights, shoes, guilford, put, sticks, mills, homer, juice, singh, runs, bangla, spreads, behar, shines, wells, spring, marks, wishes, works, doth, williams, shop, breaks, home, mining, organization, schaverien, exultation, bringer, technologies, office, township, dreams, parents, belle.

Consonant match to joy:
g, joe, gee, jaw, jay, j, jew, jo, jus, jee, je, ju, ji, jai, jaye, jue, joo, jie, zhao, jae, joye, jha, joh, jerr.

Words that sound like joy:
joy, joi, joye, joe, jay, g, jew, gee, jaw, j, jo, jah, gia, ji, jee, ju, jai, gie, jus, je, jae, jou, jow, joo, zhao, joh, juh, jaye, jie, jue, jea, gye, giy, g., jeu, tje, jha, jao, j., jeux, jei, jeh, jiao, geof, jyo, jhi, dja, giu, djo, jho, gii, juu, jih, tja, dje, jej, jhu, jais, ggi, dgi, dji, g.e, giao, dju, gja, choi, choy, choix, scheu, jwt, jwe, gju, join, joys, joyce, joyed, dge, joice, joya, njoy, joit, joyeux, jhe, jjg, jgg, jgh, jjc, jtg, djj, jkg, jhv, djg, djt, tjx, jlt, yoi, goy, goi, goj, ioi.