rejoice[verb]Synonyms: be glad, be happy, be overjoyed, celebrate, exult, glory
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
re‧joice /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: rejoir, from Latin gaudere 'to rejoice']
1. literary to feel or show that you are very happy
rejoice at/over/in
His family rejoiced at the news. We rejoiced in our good fortune.2. rejoice in the name/title (of) something British English to have a name or title that is silly or amusing:
He rejoices in the name of Pigg. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲