enjoy oneself

verb

To take pleasure in something; to have feelings of enjoyment.

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have a good timegroovesport
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Meanings

verbenjoy oneself (third-person singular simple present enjoys oneself, present participle enjoying oneself, simple past and past participle enjoyed oneself)

present singular third person enjoys oneself · participle present enjoying oneself · participle past enjoyed oneself · past enjoyed oneself

  1. To take pleasure in something; to have feelings of enjoyment.

    They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

    1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9

    Synonyms: have a good time, groove, sport

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo take pleasure in something; to have feelings of enjoyment.

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have a good timegroovesport

Translations

Ancient Greek ἥδομαι
  • ἥδομαι (hḗdomai)take pleasure
Catalan divertir-se, entretenir-se
  • divertir-setake pleasure
  • entretenir-setake pleasure
Chinese Mandarin 玩得開心 /玩得开心
  • 玩得開心 /玩得开心 (wán de kāixīn)take pleasure
Esperanto amuziĝi
  • amuziĝitake pleasure
Finnish viihtyä, pitää hauskaa
  • viihtyätake pleasure
  • pitää hauskaatake pleasure
French s'amuser, s'égayer
  • s'amusertake pleasure
  • s'égayertake pleasure
  • prendre du bon tempstake pleasure
German Spaß haben
  • Spaß habentake pleasure
Greek διασκεδάζω
  • διασκεδάζω (diaskedázo)take pleasure
Hungarian jól érzi magát, jól szórakozik
  • jól érzi magáttake pleasure
  • jól szórakoziktake pleasure
Italian divertirsi
  • divertirsitake pleasure
Japanese 楽しむ
  • 楽しむ (tanoshimu)take pleasure
Latin oblecto
  • oblectotake pleasure
Portuguese divertir-se
  • divertir-setake pleasure
Russian наслажда́ться, весели́ться
  • наслажда́ться (naslaždátʹsja)take pleasure
  • весели́ться (veselítʹsja)take pleasure
  • развлека́ться (razvlekátʹsja)take pleasure
Spanish divertirse, pasarlo bien
  • divertirsetake pleasure
  • pasarlo bientake pleasure
  • gustarsetake pleasure
Swedish roa sig
  • roa sigtake pleasure
Ukrainian весели́тися, розважа́тися
  • весели́тися (veselýtysja)take pleasure
  • розважа́тися (rozvažátysja)take pleasure
Cite this entry
APA

enjoy oneself. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enjoy%20oneself

MLA

“enjoy oneself.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enjoy%20oneself. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enjoy oneself,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enjoy%20oneself.

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