enjoyable

American

[en-joi-uh-buhl] / ɛnˈdʒɔɪ ə bəl /

adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of enjoyable

First recorded in 1635–45; enjoy + -able

Explanation

Enjoyable is an adjective that describes anything full of delight and fun. Woohoo! If you’re able to enjoy something, it’s enjoyable. If it’s pleasurable, fun, and you want to do it more, it’s enjoyable. Different people find different things enjoyable. While shoe shopping might be enjoyable to you, it might not be for your best friend. She might find mud wrestling more enjoyable.

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Example Sentences

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His disaffected tech titan in “The Audacity,” now on AMC, is one of that series’ more enjoyable aspects.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

He has masterminded what Williams calls "the most enjoyable season going and watching Saints since Tommy Wright was there".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Even Marin’s incessant flippancy and Chong’s “maaan”s punctuating every other sentence become enjoyable the more time one spends with them.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

“English Liberator” reads like a period war novel, an enjoyable ride for the history buff looking for unheralded adventure stories bridging the gap between Waterloo and Fort Sumter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And I’m thinking that while the latter might be more enjoyable, it will create complications neither of us needs.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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