enjoyable

[en-joi-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. giving or capable of giving joy or pleasure.

   a very enjoyable film.

   Synonyms: delightful, agreeable, pleasant
   Antonyms: detestable, hateful, unpleasant, boring, loathsome

Other Word Forms

• enjoyableness noun
• enjoyably adverb
• preenjoyable adjective
• unenjoyable adjective
• unenjoyableness noun
• unenjoyably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of enjoyable¹

First recorded in 1635–45; enjoy + -able

Example Sentences

She went to Texas A&M to study engineering, but when her hands-on lab classes stopped because of Covid, college became less enjoyable.

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“As much as it hurt, it was enjoyable, and I’d be dishonest to say otherwise,” he said.

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The children’s memories of their former friends in Plinkst were bittersweet at best, heartrending at worst, but the heel-clicking gesture was both invigorating and enjoyable, and they saw no reason to give it up.

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What is important is that shouting “Eureka!” is both enjoyable and a spur to productivity.

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“I know it is enjoyable to be out-of-doors, Beowulf, but you must try to rein in the howling, or you will get all the dogs in the county started—oh, my!”

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Related Words

• amusing 
• delicious 
• delightful 
• entertaining 
• fun 
• gratifying 
• likable 
• pleasant 
• pleasurable 
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