What does joy mean?
Word: Joy
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Joy means a feeling of great happiness.
Synonyms: happiness, gladness
Antonyms: sorrow, sadness
How do you spell joy?
Syllables: joy
Tricky part: The sound at the end is spelt oy. At the end of an English word this sound is nearly always oy, as in enjoy; oi comes in the middle, as in coin.
Watch out for: joye, jooy
Memory tip: A boy with a new toy is full of joy: all three end in oy.
Idioms and Phrases
- jump for joy: To be very happy and excited. Example: "Riya jumped for joy when she saw her new puppy."
Joy in a sentence
Example 1: The baby's laugh filled the house with joy.
Example 2: Winning the match brought joy to the whole team.
Example 3: Grandpa cried tears of joy at my sister's wedding.
Fun Fact
Joy comes from the Old French joie, which goes back to the Latin gaudium, meaning gladness.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: joy
a) worry
b) anger
c) fear
d) delight
Show answer
d) delight. Delight and joy both mean great happiness.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) laughtar
b) joy
c) plesure
d) happyness
Show answer
b) joy. Happiness changes the y to i, pleasure has an a and laughter ends in er; joy needs nothing changed.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
joy____
a) fol
b) full
c) ful
d) fule
Show answer
c) ful. When full is used as an ending it drops an l: joyful.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The children shoutted with joy when the bell rang for the holidays.
a) children
b) holidays
c) shoutted
d) joy
Show answer
c) shoutted. Shout just adds ed, so shouted has only one t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Mira's lost kitten came home after three days. How did Mira feel?
a) worried and tense
b) glad and thrilled
c) cross and grumpy
d) scared and shaky
Show answer
b) glad and thrilled
2. Which sentence shows joy?
a) Tina sighed and stared out at the rain.
b) Tina clapped and laughed when she saw the snow.
c) Tina yawned all through the long speech.
d) Tina frowned when she lost her new pen.
Show answer
b) Tina clapped and laughed when she saw the snow.
