The Meaning of joy

• (n.) The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
• (n.) That which causes joy or happiness.
• (n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
• (n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
• (v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate.
• (v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
• (v. t.) To enjoy.

Synonyms

joyousness , joyfulness , delight , pleasure , rejoice , gladden

Antonyms

sorrow , sadden

Homophones

joye

Rhymes

ahoy , alloy , alroy , annoy , attaboy , bellboy , bolshoi , boy , boye , brayboy , broy , busboy , carboy , choi , choy , cloy , convoy , corduroy , cowboy , coy , coye , croix , croy , deboy , decoy , dejoy , deploy , destroy , doi , doughboy , elroy , employ , enjoy , fauntleroy , fitzroy , flournoy , floy , foy , foye , gilroy , goy , highboy , hoi , hoy , hoye , illinois , iroquois , joye , kilroy , knoy , kroy , laboy , lacroix , lafoy , lamboy , lavoy , leroy , loy , loye , malloy , mccloy , mccoy , mcelroy , mcilroy , mcvoy , milroy , moy , oi , oie , oy , oye , playboy , ploy , polloi , pomeroy , quemoy , redeploy , roi , roy , roye , savoy , scheu , schoolboy , sgroi , soy , stoy , tolstoy , tomboy , toy , troy , underemploy , unemploy , woy , yoy