delightful

1. 1.

   greatly pleasing or entertaining

   “a delightful surprise”

   “the comedy was delightful”

   “a delicious joke”

   Synonymsdelicious

   Similarpleasing

Questions about delightful

What does delightful mean?

delightful means "greatly pleasing or entertaining".

How many syllables are in delightful?

delightful has 3 syllables: de-light-ful. The stress falls on "light". In IPA it is /dɪˈlaɪtfəl/.

What is another word for delightful?

Close synonyms include delicious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.