Pleasure

Noun

 * 1)  a state of being pleased
 * 2)  a person or thing that causes enjoyment
 * 3)  one's preference
 * 4)   the will or desire of someone or some agency in power

Verb

 * 1)  to give pleasure (especially sexual pleasure) to

Adjectives for Pleasure
sensual; distinct; extraordinary; faithless; uninterrupted; gross; noisy; birdlike; frank; exalted; sweet; cordial; wild; pensive; agonizing; domestic; private; glorious; cruel; profligate; darling; innocent; unnecessary; tranquillizing; worthy; quiet; infinite; dizzy; sportsmanlike; fantastic; firm; rife; stern; fashionable; youthful; illicit; deceiving; tasteless; sheer; wingless; palling; malicious; guilty; multitudinous (plural); forbidden; grievous; untold; earth-born; selfish; peculiar; girlish; dangerous; melancholy; divine; delicate; ferocious; malignant; headlong; unrevealed; solid; unspeakable; tickling; strange; inoffensive; sensible; quickening; prodigious;  infantile;  warm;  refined; gentle; glittering; curious; sweet; wincing; honest; personal; toiling; unmixed; eternal; giddy; voluptuous; indescribable; puerile; gracious; sensitive; unalloyed; unfeigned; mean; proud; exquisite; idle; profound; monotonous; joint; visible; vivid; scanty; sincere; smoking; legitimate; pulsing; mischievous; frank; questionable; thrilling; frequent (plural); inexpressible; false; compensating; tenfold; primary; royal; grim; mysterious; proper; simple; hollow; luxurious; profound; petty; monotonous; growing; delicious; dreadful; heartfelt; wholesome; unmeasured; persisting; perishing; agitating; secret; alluring; attendant; calm; celestial; varied; blithe; queer; perpetual; singular; base; harmless; avid; unearned; unreproved; infinite; intellectual; sunny; momentary; solemn; fiendish; mournful; unblinking; costless; kind; evident; prickling; bygone; faint; positive; piquant; sensuous; secondary; melancholy; ecstatic; vicious; malicious; macabre; unremembered; perverse; pure; alien; mere; silent; admirable; unadulterated; fermenting; unsubstantial; dissolute; intense; undisguised; natural; childish; fleeting; wanton; fearful; personal; supreme; playful;

Verbs for Pleasure
addicted to—; afford—; bask in—; dampen—; derive—from; deprive of—; drink up—; enhance—; experience—; forgo-; heighten—; indulge in—; partake of—; prolong—; pursue—; rejoice in—; relish—; resign—; sacrifice—; smile in—; squirm in—; taste—; weary of—.

Synonyms for Pleasure

 * (state of mind) delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction
 * (person or thing that causes enjoyment): delight, joy
 * (preference) desire, fancy, want, will, wish
 * (will or desire of party in power) discretion

Antonyms for Pleasure
pain; displeasure

Thesaurus
felicity, free choice, free will, fruition, geniality, gladden, goodliness, goodness, graciousness, gratification, gratify, happify, happiness, harmoniousness, hest, hope, horme, imperative, inclination, intellectual curiosity, intention, joy, joyance, kick, libido, liking, lust, lust for learning, mellifluousness, mellowness, mind, mirth, need, niceness, objective, option, optionality, order, passe-temps, passion, pastime, pleasurability, pleasure principle, possible choice, preference, rapport, recreation, regalement, relaxation, relish, resolution, satisfaction, say-so, sexual desire, solace, special order, sweetness, thirst for knowledge, thrill, urge, volition, want, wanting, will, will and pleasure, will power, wish, wish fulfillment, word, word of command, affability, agreeability, agreeableness, alternate choice, alternative, amenity, amiability, amicability, amusement, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, ardor, behest, bidding, bliss, blissfulness, choice, comfort, command, commandment, compatibility, complaisance, conation, conatus, concupiscence, congeniality, contentment, cordiality, curiosity, decision, delectate, delectation, delight, desideration, desire, determination, dictate, dictation, direct order, discretion, disposition, diversion, divertisement, divertissement, drive, eagerness, enjoyableness, enjoyment,

Etymology
From, alteration of plaisir:, from  plesir:, plaisir:, infinitive used as a noun. More at.

Derived terms

 * antipleasure
 * at Her Majesty's pleasure, at His Majesty's pleasure
 * at one's pleasure, at pleasure
 * business before pleasure
 * do someone a pleasure
 * do someone the pleasure of
 * during Her Majesty's pleasure, during His Majesty's pleasure
 * during one's pleasure, during pleasure
 * end-pleasure
 * English pleasure
 * fore-pleasure
 * gold of pleasure, gold-of-pleasure, gold-pleasure
 * it's a pleasure
 * lady of pleasure
 * man of pleasure
 * may I have the pleasure
 * my pleasure
 * pleasurable
 * pleasurance
 * pleasure barge
 * pleasure boat
 * pleasure-carriage
 * pleasure center, pleasure centre
 * pleasure craft
 * pleasure cruise
 * pleasure curve
 * pleasured
 * pleasure dome
 * pleasuredrome
 * pleasureful
 * pleasure-giving
 * pleasure ground
 * pleasurehood
 * pleasure house
 * the pleasure is all mine, the pleasure's all mine
 * the pleasure is mine, the pleasure's mine
 * pleasureless
 * pleasure-loving
 * pleasurement
 * pleasure moment
 * pleasuremonger
 * pleasure of someone's company
 * pleasure-pain principle
 * pleasure principle
 * pleasurer
 * pleasure-seeker
 * pleasure-seeking
 * pleasures of the flesh
 * pleasures of the table
 * pleasure steamer
 * pleasure trip
 * pleasure-unpleasure principle
 * pleasuring
 * pleasurist
 * pleasurous
 * sexual pleasure
 * to one's pleasure, to pleasure
 * unpleasure
 * western pleasure
 * with pleasure
 * woman of pleasure

Noun

 * Albanian: kënaqësi
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: həzz
 * Bengali: নন্দ (anondo)
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese: 欢乐 (huān lè)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: სიამოვნება (siamovneba)
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ευχαρίστηση (eucharístēsē), απόλαυση (apolafsē) , τέρψη (terpse) , ηδονή (hedoné)
 * Hebrew: ענג (oneg)
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: kesenangan
 * Interlingua: placer
 * Irish: pléisiúr
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 喜び (よろこび) (yorokobi)
 * Korean: 쾌락 (kwaerak)


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: خۆشی
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:, , delectatio, oblectatio, delectamentum, graudium,
 * Latvian: prieks
 * Lithuanian: malonumas
 * Luxembourgish: Plëséier
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Persian: (kaif)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: удовольствие (udovól’stvije)
 * Scottish Gaelic: tlachd
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovak: potešenie
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: anasa (nc 9/10)
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kaaliwan
 * Thai: (kwaam bpìt yindee)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: задоволення (zadovólennja)
 * Vietnamese: niềm vui thích
 * Welsh: bodd, boddhâd, hyfrydwch, mwynhâd, mwyniant,
 * Yiddish:


 * Armenian:
 * Croatian: ,
 * French:
 * German: Freude, Spaß


 * Luxembourgish: Plëséier
 * Portuguese: prazer
 * Scottish Gaelic: tlachd


 * Croatian: preferencija,


 * French:

Verb

 * American Sign Language:


 * Czech: uspokojit
 * German: Vergnügen bereiten (being pleased)