English Explanatory Dictionary

pleasant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
  2. Facetious, joking.
noun
  1. A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Switzerland County, Indiana, United States.
  3. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Pleasant Township.

Pronunciation

/ˈplɛz.ənt/ [ˈplɛz.n̩t] en-us-pleasant.ogg /ˈplez.ənt/

Word forms

pleasant more pleasant pleasanter most pleasant pleasantest pleasants

Etymology

From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.

Synonyms

agreeable appropriate nice pleasurable felicitous gorgeous acceptable amiable charming comely pleasant pleasing welcome

Antonyms

disagreeable nasty repulsive unpleasant annoying

Related words

pleasure

Derived words

Lake Pleasant Mount Pleasant Pleasant Grove Pleasant Hills pleasantish pleasantly Pleasant Mound pleasantness Pleasant Prairie pleasantry Pleasant Valley Point Pleasant
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