enjoyableadj.
/ɛnˈdʒɔɪəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being enjoyed.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > usable
usablea1382
workable1545
employable1588
prevailable1624
enjoyable1645
touchable1822
utilizable1881
1645 J. Milton Colasterion 9 Unfitnes and contrariety..leaves nothing between them enjoyable.
1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 269 A portion enjoyable only through such a fortuitous term.
1839 C. Dickens Let. 26 July (1965) I. 571 The last gratification is enjoyable all our lives.
a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) v. 307 These..terraces were enjoyable only by the young and the active.
2. Affording pleasure, delightful.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > pleasant or enjoyable
lustlyc1200
comfortablec1340
lustful1340
savourousa1425
good1509
relishable1605
fruitive1635
relishing1689
savouring1714
enjoyable1743
amenable1915
1743 A. Pope Corr. 20 Mar. (1956) IV. 447 The Evening of our days is generally the calmest, & the most enjoyable, of them.
1867 C. Dickens Let. 13 Nov. (1999) XI. 478 This passage in winter time cannot be said to be an enjoyable excursion.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 95 Plymouth seemed a very enjoyable place.
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