| Main Entry: | gratification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satisfaction |
Synonyms: |
delight, enjoyment, fruition, fulfillment, glee, hit, indulgence, joy, kicks, luxury, pleasure, recompense, regalement, relish, reward, sure shock, thrill |
Antonyms: |
disappointment, dissatisfaction, upset |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
Synonyms: |
aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, making someone laugh |
Synonyms: |
action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day, fun, fun and games, gladdening, gratification, grins, high time, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs, laughter, merriment, merry go round, mirth, picnic, play, pleasing, pleasure, regalement, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
boredom |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good feeling; ease |
Synonyms: |
abundance, alleviation, amenity, assuagement, bed of roses, cheer, cheerfulness, complacency, contentment, convenience, coziness, creature comforts, enjoyment, exhilaration, facility, gratification, happiness, luxury, opulence, peacefulness, pleasure, plenty, poise, quiet, relaxation, relief, repose, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, snugness, succor, sufficiency, warmth, well-being |
Antonyms: |
aggravation, annoyance, bother, botheration, distress, exasperation, irritation, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comfort, happiness |
Synonyms: |
contentment, ease, gratification, peace, peace of mind, pleasure, satisfaction |
Antonyms: |
discontent, displeasure, uncomfortableness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | contentment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comfort, happiness |
Synonyms: |
complacency, content, contentedness, ease, equanimity, fulfillment, gladness, gratification, peace, pleasure, repletion, satisfaction, serenity |
Antonyms: |
discomfort, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | delight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enjoyment, happiness |
Synonyms: |
contentment, delectation, ecstasy, enchantment, felicity, fruition, gladness, glee, gratification, hilarity, jollity, joy, joyance, mirth, pleasure, rapture, relish, satisfaction, transport |
Antonyms: |
depression, disappointment, dismay, melancholy, misery, pain, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, entertainment, occasionally to excess |
Synonyms: |
bender, binge, blow-out, bust, celebration, circus, distraction, diversion, divertissement, gratification, party, recreation, self-indulgence, tear*, toot, wingding |
| Main Entry: | diversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment, recreation |
Synonyms: |
amusement, ball, beguilement, delectation, delight, disport, dissipation, distraction, divertissement, enjoyment, field day, frivolity, fun, fun and games, game, gratification, grins, high time, hoopla*, laughs, levity, merry-go-round, pastime, picnic, play, pleasure, relaxation, relish, sport, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
chore, task, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace, quiet; lack of difficulty |
Synonyms: |
affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses, calm, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, leisure, luxury, passivity, peace of mind*, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, supinity, tranquility |
Antonyms: |
difficulty, disquiet, excitableness, furor, strife, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest |