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pleaser

pleaser

13 4.1
A thing that entertains and delights a group of people
  • noun
  • /ˈplizər/
translation icon : favorito del público
  • I've been making Williams-Sonoma's Herb-Roasted Turkey for the past few years, and it's a crowd pleaser.
  • a crowd-pleaser

Ben Affleck and Argo, you know, Argo's a fantastic film, a crowd pleaser, all these things and and he he shows.

Examples

  • And it's expected the Mogul event has been a real crowd pleaser.

  • - That was a real crowd pleaser.

  • # That girl is a real crowd pleaser # # Small world

  • There is no doubt that this is bound to be a crowd pleaser.

    Blog text (5)
  • You know, you're gonna be a real crowd pleaser.

  • Yeah, that'll be a real crowd pleaser.

  • Tonight we've got maths, chemistry, physics and that famous crowd pleaser history.

  • With a little fine-tuning from director Lina Koutrakos, this talented writing team's cabaret act can become a crowd pleaser.

    Blog text (16)
  • To a bibliographer, she spoke in the voice that had long proved to be a crowd-pleaser, the endearingly unsentimental voice of Molly Bloom: "It is just as well my husband didn't have a literary wife."

    Academic text (1990)
  • The magician was a real pleaser with his incredible tricks that delighted the audience.

Synonyms

entertainer
vspleaser
117 2.1

A person who performs to make people laugh or enjoy themselves

is any person or thing that delights others rather than a paid professional
charmer
vspleaser
39 3.4

A person who is pleasant and easily makes others like them

delights or entertains people more generally not just by personal appeal
funster
vspleaser
  • Informal
1 8.9

A person who makes others laugh in a group

is broader covering any source of delight beyond casual joking
engager
vspleaser
6.8

Something that attracts and keeps people's attention

focuses on entertaining and delighting others rather than only attracting attention

How Entertaining

showstopper
7 5.7
pleaser
13 4.1
entertainer
117 2.1
dud
  • Offensive
17 5.8

Surface Forms

pleaser singular
pleasers plural

Morphology

pleaser = please (transparent) = please + er

The meaning is clearly derived from 'please' with the agentive suffix '-er', indicating a person or thing that pleases.

Etymology

Pleaser comes from the word please plus the ending -er, and please comes from the Latin placere meaning 'to please' and is the same root as pleasant. So a pleaser is something or someone that makes people happy or gives them pleasure.