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3 3.5
To give someone enjoyment or happiness
  • verb
  • /ˈplɛʒər/
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  • Reading a good book pleasures me immensely.

Examples

Synonyms

to please
vsto pleasure
216 1.0

To make someone happy or satisfied

is the general act of giving enjoyment or satisfaction
to bring joy
vsto pleasure
12 2.3

To make someone feel happy

is wider and includes milder satisfaction as well as strong feelings
to gratify
vsto pleasure
11 4.6

To please someone or make them feel happy

is broader and can mean general enjoyment rather than deep fulfilment
to gladden
vsto pleasure
1 3.5

To make someone feel happy

is usually milder meaning general enjoyment or contentment

Antonyms

492 1.0

Fail to do what someone hoped for

Idioms

Remain in prison or in a job with no fixed end date

Phrasal Verbs

1 9.8

To touch your own sexual parts to feel pleasure

Compounds

A thing you enjoy even though you feel a little ashamed about it

A small everyday moment that makes you happy

7 5.6

A strong physical feeling of enjoyment from close touching or activities between adults

A journey taken to enjoy yourself rather than for work

A boat with a motor and a cabin where people live and relax

A large motorboat with a cabin and bathroom for living on board

1 3.9

A person who likes to do things that feel very good in their body

pleasure principle
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A strong drive to get what you want right away without thinking about bad results

Pleasure from physical or material things rather than spiritual ones

pleasure ground
  • Archaic
1 5.0

A park with rides, games, and places to eat

9.9

A woman who works as a prostitute

An annual plant with small yellow flowers grown for oil-rich seeds and fiber

8.8

A natural drive that makes people seek pleasure and avoid pain, often in early childhood

A part of the mind that wants things now, avoids bad feelings, and treats fantasy like reality

pleasure house
  • Offensive
9.5

A place where adults go for gambling or sexual services

8.7

Touching your own body to feel sexual pleasure

How Pleasing

to thrill
201 2.1
to delight
48 1.0
to pleasure
3 3.5
to satisfy
172 2.0

Surface Forms

pleasure infinitive
pleasured past
pleasured past participle
pleasuring present participle
pleasures third person singular

Etymology

The verb pleasure comes from Latin placere 'to please' and is like the common verb please, so to 'pleasure' someone is to give them enjoyment or happiness.