with pleasure

Australia/wəð ˈpleʒ.ə/UK/wɪð ˈplɛʒ.ə/US/wɪθ ˈplɛʒ.ɚ/

prepositional phrase

Willingly; without argument.

“She accepted the offer with pleasure.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticWillingly; without argument.

    She accepted the offer with pleasure.

    2 more examples

    Near-synonyms: (as a reply or otherwise adverbially) gladly, happily

    A: Would you be willing to take a business trip to Toronto next month? B: With pleasure! I love Toronto.

    Synonyms: gladly, happily

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseWillingly; without argument.

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gladlyhappily

Translations

Arabic بِرَغْبَة, بِمَتْعَة
  • بِرَغْبَة (bi-raḡba)willingly, without argument
  • بِمَتْعَة (bi-matʕa)willingly, without argument
Basque atseginez, gustura
  • atseginezwillingly, without argument
  • gusturawillingly, without argument
Bulgarian с удово́лствие
  • с удово́лствие (s udovólstvie)willingly, without argument
Catalan de bon grat
  • de bon gratwillingly, without argument
Chinese Mandarin 樂意 /乐意
  • 樂意 /乐意 (lèyì)willingly, without argument
Czech rád, ochotně
  • rádwillingly, without argument
  • ochotněwillingly, without argument
  • s radostíwillingly, without argument
Dutch met genoegen, gaarne
  • met genoegenwillingly, without argument
  • gaarnewillingly, without argument
  • graagwillingly, without argument
Finnish ilomielin, kernaasti
  • ilomielinwillingly, without argument
  • kernaastiwillingly, without argument
  • mielelläänwillingly, without argument
French avec plaisir, volontiers
  • avec plaisirwillingly, without argument
  • volontierswillingly, without argument
German gern, gerne
  • gernwillingly, without argument
  • gernewillingly, without argument
Greek ευχαρίστως, μετά χαράς
  • ευχαρίστως (efcharístos)willingly, without argument
  • μετά χαράς (metá charás)willingly, without argument
Hebrew בשמחה
  • בשמחהwillingly, without argument
Hindi आनन्द के साथ
  • आनन्द के साथ (ānand ke sāth)willingly, without argument
Japanese 喜んで, 進んで
  • 喜んで (yorokonde)willingly, without argument
  • 進んで (susunde)willingly, without argument
Korean 기꺼이
  • 기꺼이 (gikkeoi)willingly, without argument
Latin volup, libenter
  • volupwillingly, without argument
  • libenterwillingly, without argument
Polish z lubością, z przyjemnością
  • z lubościąwillingly, without argument
  • z przyjemnościąwillingly, without argument
Portuguese com prazer
  • com prazerwillingly, without argument
Romanian cu plăcere
  • cu plăcerewillingly, without argument
Russian охо́тно, с удово́льствием
  • охо́тно (oxótno)willingly, without argument
  • с удово́льствием (s udovólʹstvijem)willingly, without argument
  • с ра́достью (s rádostʹju)willingly, without argument
Slovak s radosťou
  • s radosťouwillingly, without argument
Spanish con mucho gusto, de mil amores
  • con mucho gustowillingly, without argument
  • de mil amoreswillingly, without argument
  • con gustowillingly, without argument
  • con placerwillingly, without argument
Swedish gärna, med nöje
  • gärnawillingly, without argument
  • med nöjewillingly, without argument
  • med glädjewillingly, without argument
Ukrainian охо́че, залюбки́
  • охо́че (oxóče)willingly, without argument
  • залюбки́ (zaljubký)willingly, without argument
  • із задово́ленням (iz zadovólennjam)willingly, without argument
Urdu آنند کے ساتھ
  • آنند کے ساتھ (ānand ke sāth)willingly, without argument
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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