Need another word that means the same as “delightful”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “delightful” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Delightful” are: delicious, very pleasant, lovely, very agreeable, very pleasurable, charming, enchanting, captivating, bewitching, entrancing, engaging, appealing, winning, fetching, sweet, endearing, cute
Delightful as an Adjective
Definitions of "Delightful" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “delightful” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Causing delight; charming.
- Greatly pleasing or entertaining.
Synonyms of "Delightful" as an adjective (17 Words)
appealing | Able to attract interest or draw favorable attention. An appealing look. |
bewitching | Enchanting or delightful. I gazed deeply into the most bewitching blue eyes. |
captivating | Capable of attracting and holding interest; charming. Roosevelt was a captivating speaker. |
charming | Pleasing or delighting. Endowed with charming manners. |
cute | Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness. A cute guy. |
delicious | Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste. Delicious home baked brown bread. |
enchanting | Delightfully charming or attractive. Dinah looked enchanting. |
endearing | Inspiring affection. An endearing little grin. |
engaging | Charming and attractive. An engaging smile. |
entrancing | Capturing interest as if by a spell. I find you entrancing. |
fetching | Very attractive; capturing interest. A fetching little garment of pink satin. |
lovely | Very pleasant or enjoyable; delightful. We ve had a lovely day. |
sweet | Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub. Sweet dessert wines. |
very agreeable | Precisely as stated. |
very pleasant | Precisely as stated. |
very pleasurable | Precisely as stated. |
winning | Very attractive; capturing interest. The winning team. |
Usage Examples of "Delightful" as an adjective
- A delightful secluded garden.
- The comedy was delightful.
- A delightful surprise.
Associations of "Delightful" (30 Words)
agreeable | Willing to agree to something. Agreeable to the plan. |
blessedness | The state of being blessed with divine favour. |
bliss | A state of extreme happiness. Blissed out hippies. |
contentment | A state of happiness and satisfaction. He found contentment in living a simple life in the country. |
delighted | Greatly pleased. We were delighted to see her. |
enjoy | Derive or receive pleasure from get enjoyment from take pleasure in. I enjoy watching good films. |
enjoyable | (of an activity or occasion) giving delight or pleasure. They had an enjoyable afternoon. |
entertaining | Agreeably diverting. Films should be entertaining. |
euphoria | A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness. In his euphoria he had become convinced he could defeat them. |
exult | Feel extreme happiness or elation. Exulting in her escape Lisa closed the door behind her. |
exultant | Triumphantly happy. He waved to the exultant crowds. |
fascinated | Strongly attracted and interested. A crowd of fascinated onlookers. |
glad | Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy. Heard the glad news. |
gladden | Become glad or happy. The high childish laugh was a sound that gladdened her heart. |
gratifying | Giving pleasure or satisfaction. The results were gratifying. |
happiness | Emotions experienced when in a state of well-being. Tom s heart swelled with happiness. |
happy | Satisfied with the quality or standard of. They are happy to see me doing well. |
intriguing | Capable of arousing interest or curiosity. Our team came up with some most intriguing finds. |
joy | Feel happiness or joy. I felt shame that I had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain. |
joyful | Feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness. Joyful music. |
laughing | Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness. Laughing children. |
pleasant | Affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings. Pleasant sensations. |
pleasantness | The feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling. The pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day. |
pleased | Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth. We will be pleased to provide an independent appraisal. |
pleasing | Satisfying or appealing. A pleasing aroma. |
pleasurable | Pleasing; enjoyable. I arrived in a mood of pleasurable anticipation. |
pleasure | An activity that affords enjoyment. He was tingling with pleasure. |
rapture | (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ. Leonora listened with rapture. |
rewarding | Providing satisfaction; gratifying. A rewarding career as a paramedic. |
thrilled | Feeling intense pleasurable excitement. |