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Synonyms for pleasurable

Most common

pleasant enjoyable pleasing agreeable

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    That gives pleasure

    The massage was a pleasurable experience.

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Pleasurable, Pleasant, Pleasing, Agreeable or Delightful?

A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful.

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

Example sentences

  • pleasant Tell me something pleasant to make me feel better.
  • enjoyable Do you really think doing that would be enjoyable?
  • pleasing How could you possibly find this stench pleasing?
  • agreeable All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes.
  • entertaining I think a movie is more entertaining than any book.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pleasurablerising
pleasantrising
enjoyablerising
pleasingsteady
agreeablesteady
entertainingrising

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

By length

4 letters
nice1
6 letters
lovely2
7 letters
likable3, amiable4
8 letters
pleasant2, pleasing2, likeable3
9 letters
enjoyable4, agreeable4, congenial3
10 letters
delightful3, gratifying4
12 letters
entertaining4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lovely2 = 2 syllables).