enjoyable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- enjoyableness noun
- enjoyably adverb
- preenjoyable adjective
- unenjoyable adjective
- unenjoyableness noun
- unenjoyably adverb
Etymology
Origin of enjoyable
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.
Vocabulary lists containing enjoyable
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Example Sentences
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And as enjoyable as it is, if we don’t wake up and heed its word, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” could be the last of its kind.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
James Connor, a senior manager for the UK Cinema Association, tells the BBC that for the "vast majority of audiences", seeing a film "remains a hugely enjoyable shared experience".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
In a 2025 interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick, Wintour maintains she found the film “highly enjoyable and very funny,” adding that she and Miuccia Prada still discuss it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
If people were told they were consuming a drink with artificial sweeteners, they rated sugar-containing drinks as less enjoyable.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
Like Schubert, they appealed to their audience not through comic opera, Rossini-style, but by providing bitter-sweet, mostly tender reflections on love, art and life that were instandy enjoyable.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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