Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "delight" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Buddha's delight Cupid's delight Heart's Delight Turkish delight afternoon delight delight in delighter delightful delightingly delightless delightly delightsome devil's delight duper's delight duping delight duping delight gardener's delight idiot's delight lumps of delight queen's delight take delight in undelight undelighting whaler's delight

Entails

use

Etymologically Related To

delite light might

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

experience feel gratify pleasance please pleasure positive stimulus satisfy

Type Of (IsA)

cheerfulness pleasure

Related Terms

delicacy delicate delicatessen delicious

Related Terms

affect afternoon afternoon fun delicacy delicate delicatessen delicious emotion enjoy enjoyment extreme extreme enjoyment fun great great joy happiness happy happy emotion highly joy please pleasure

Similar Terms

please

Synonym Network

enchant joy please pleasure

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.