Synonyms for pleasing

40 synonyms
18 antonyms

adjective

Most common

pleasant satisfying pleasurable gratifying sweet attractive acceptable delightful

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Adjective

pleasant, gratifying, satisfying, good, pleasurable, delightful, sweet, attractive, acceptable, agreeable, enjoyable, easy, lovely, engaging, delicious, satisfactory, delicate, comely formal, charming, amiable, delectable, likely, luscious, taking, glad, gracious, favorable US, favourable UK, welcome, winning, cordial, dulcet, prepossessing, enticing, desirable, congenial, enchanting, genial, affable, grateful dated

Antonyms

displeasing, unpleasant, ugly

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Definitions

adj. 1
Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

Related words

Phrases: pleasing lacewing pleasing fungus beetle

Choose the right word

Pleasing, Kind, Good-Natured, Agreeable or Amiable?

Kind, good-natured people may be coarse and rude, and so fail to be agreeable or pleasing; the really amiable are likely to avoid such faults by their earnest desire to please.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

pleasant Tell me something pleasant to make me feel better.
satisfying The crunch of Benedito's salad is so satisfying.
pleasurable I've always found her unbelievably pleasurable.
gratifying The hot tea and toast exuded a gratifying smell.
sweet Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
attractive The position carries with it an attractive salary.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
pleasing		steady
pleasant		rising
satisfying		steady
pleasurable		rising
gratifying		falling
sweet		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: good¹, easy², glad¹
5 letters: sweet¹
6 letters: taking², likely², lovely², genial², comely², dulcet²
7 letters: welcome², winning², cordial², amiable⁴, affable³
8 letters: grateful², pleasant², engaging³, charming², delicate³, gracious², enticing³, luscious²
9 letters: delicious³, enjoyable⁴, favorable⁴, desirable⁴, agreeable⁴, congenial³
10 letters: attractive³, acceptable⁴, satisfying⁴, delightful³, favourable, gratifying⁴, enchanting³, delectable⁴
11 letters: pleasurable⁴
12 letters: satisfactory⁴
13 letters: prepossessing

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy² = 2 syllables).