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Adjective rejoicing has 1 sense
- exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant - joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout"
Antonym: dejected (indirect, via elated)
Noun rejoicing has 2 senses
- rejoicing - a feeling of great happiness
--1 is a kind of happiness
- exultation, rejoicing, jubilation - the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
--2 is a kind of utterance, vocalization
Verb rejoice has 3 senses
- rejoice, joy - feel happiness or joy
--1 is one way to feel, experience
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate - to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?"
--2 is one way to cheer, cheer up, chirk up
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue rejoice over the results of the experiment
- wallow, rejoice, triumph - be ecstatic with joy
--3 is one way to exult, walk on air, be on cloud nine, jump for joy
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
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