Definition of: rapture

(rap′chər) noun
1. The state of being rapt or transported; ecstatic joy; ecstasy.
2. The act of transferring a person from one place to another: Elijah's rapture to heaven.
3. An act or expression of excessive delight.
4. Obs. A snatching away; violent seizure.
—v.t. ·tured, ·tur·ing To enrapture. [<RAPT] Synonyms (noun): bliss, delight, ecstasy, exultation, happiness, joy, rejoicing, transport, triumph. Rejoicing is happiness or joy that finds utterance in word, song, festivity, etc. Delight is vivid, overflowing happiness of a somewhat transient kind; ecstasy is a state of extreme or extravagant delight; rapture is closely allied to ecstasy, but is more serene, exalted, and enduring. Transport is the condition of one carried away out of himself by some powerful passion or emotion, whether joyous or the reverse. Triumph is such joy as results from victory, success, achievement. See ENTHUSIASM, HAPPINESS. Antonyms: agony, apathy, dejection, despair, distress, ennui, horror, misery, pain, tedium, torture, woe, wretchedness.