Words / B2

in-JOY-uh-bl/ɪnˈdʒɔɪəbl/

Enjoyable means giving pleasure: an enjoyable visit; enjoyable to. Enjoy is the verb (already in the dictionary); pleasant and fun are close twins; enjoyable is too vague alone in a write-up. Calling the trip enjoyable is not analysis; name the landform. Mix-up: enjoyable vs enjoyable as a review cliché; unenjoyable is rare — use unpleasant; do not leave enjoyable as the whole evaluation.

Meaning

Giving pleasure.

Examples

• “Calling the trip enjoyable is not analysis; name the landform, the geography paper said.”
• “An enjoyable irony in the satire still needs the named target, the media paper said.”

Good to know

an enjoyable + noun; enjoyable to + verb. Verb: enjoy. Noun: enjoyment. Close: pleasant / fun. Trap: a cliché with no feature. Geography, media, and PE. Giving pleasure — still name the feature; too vague alone in a write-up.

Near in meaning

pleasant, fun, agreeable

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