rejoice

UK: /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ US: /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ ,(ri jois′)

Inflections of 'rejoice' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

rejoices

v 3rd person singular

rejoicing

v pres p

rejoiced

v past

rejoiced

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•joice /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/   v., -joiced, -joic•ing. 

1. to feel joy or gladness;
   take delight: [~ + at + object]
   They rejoiced at the news.
   [~ + in + object]
   His enemies rejoiced in the news of his defeat.
   [~ + that clause]
   We rejoiced that she had finally gotten a good job.
   [~ + to + verb]
   They rejoiced to see the economy improving.
   [no object]
   The citizens rushed into the streets and rejoiced.

re•joic•ing, n. 

[uncountable] times for great rejoicing.

[plural]

festive rejoicings.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•joice  (ri jois′), v., -joiced, -joic•ing. 
v.i. 

1. to be glad;
   take delight (often fol. by in):
   to rejoice in another's happiness.

v.t. 

2. to make joyful;
   gladden:
   a song to rejoice the heart.

• Old French rejouiss-, long stem of rejouir, equivalent. to re- re- + jouir to rejoice; see joy
• Middle English rejoicen 1275–1325

re•joice′ful, adj. 
re•joic′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. revel, exult, glory.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rejoice / rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ verb

1. when tr, takes a clause as object or an infinitive; when intr, often followed by in: to feel or express great joy or happiness

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French resjoir, from re- + joir to be glad, from Latin gaudēre to rejoice

reˈjoicer noun