Synonyms for pleasant
ˈplɛz əntpleas·ant

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1. pleasantadjective

   Synonyms:
   nice

   Antonyms:
   unpleasant

2. pleasantadjective

   Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.

   Synonyms:
   nice

   Antonyms:
   unpleasant

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1. pleasant

   That is pleasing from which pleasure is received, or may readily be received, without reference to any action or intent in that which confers it; as, a pleasing picture; a pleasing landscape. Whatever has active qualities adapted to give pleasure is pleasant; as, a pleasant breeze; a pleasant (not a pleasing) day. As applied to persons, pleasant always refers to a disposition ready and desirous to please; one is pleasant, or in a pleasant mood, when inclined to make happy those with whom he is dealing, to show kindness and do any reasonable favor. In this sense pleasant is nearly akin to kind, but kind refers to act or intent, while pleasant stops with the disposition; many persons are no longer in a pleasant mood if asked to do a troublesome kindness. Pleasant keeps always something of the sense of actually giving pleasure, and thus surpasses the meaning of good-natured; there are good-natured people who by reason of rudeness and ill-breeding are not pleasant companions. A pleasing face has good features, complexion, expression, etc.; a pleasant face indicates a kind heart and an obliging disposition, as well as kindly feelings in actual exercise; we can say of one usually good-natured, "on that occasion he did not meet me with a pleasant face." Pleasant, in the sense of gay, merry, jocose (the sense still retained in pleasantry), is now rare, and would not be understood outside of literary circles. Compare AMIABLE; COMFORTABLE; DELIGHTFUL.

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, attractive, good-natured, kind, kindly, obliging, pleasing, pleasurable

   Antonyms:
   arrogant, austere, crabbed, disagreeable, displeasing, dreary, forbidding, gloomy, glum, grim, harsh, hateful, ill-humored, ill-natured, offensive, repellent, repelling, repulsive, unkind, unpleasant

   Preposition:
   Pleasant to, with, or toward persons, about a matter.

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1. pleasant

   Synonyms:
   grateful, agreeable, acceptable, pleasurable, desirable, gratifying, cheerful, enlivening, sportive, delicious, delectable, jocular, satisfactory, exquisite, merry

   Antonyms:
   unpleasant, ungrateful, disagreeable, obnoxious, unacceptable, offensive, unlively, lugubrious, dull, ill-humored

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1. pleasantadjective

   affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

   "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"

   Antonyms:
   beastly, acid, sharp-worded, sulfurous, blistering, tart, forbidding, afflictive, awful, harsh, rebarbative, acerbic, hot, repellent, rough, acrid, mortifying, virulent, hellish, bitter, repellant, dreadful, acerb, dour, unpleasant, sharp, unhappy, god-awful, sore, embarrassing, painful, nasty, caustic, vitriolic, ungrateful, sulphurous, grim

2. pleasantadjective

   (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior

   "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"

   Antonyms:
   ungrateful, sore, god-awful, sharp-worded, dour, grim, harsh, acrid, unhappy, hellish, vitriolic, caustic, acerb, virulent, tart, hot, repellant, sharp, mortifying, sulfurous, awful, rebarbative, rough, acid, unpleasant, forbidding, nasty, beastly, afflictive, painful, embarrassing, repellent, acerbic, sulphurous, dreadful, bitter, blistering

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1. pleasantadjective

   Synonyms:
   pleasing, agreeable, delightful, delectable, gratifying, grateful, pleasurable, acceptable, welcome

2. pleasantadjective

   Synonyms:
   cheerful, gay, lively, sprightly, vivacious, merry, good-humored

3. pleasantadjective

   Synonyms:
   witty, facetious, humorous, jocose, jocular, sportive, amusing

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1. pleasantadjective

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, genial, congenial, affable, amiable, enjoyable, good-humored, pleasurable

   Antonyms:
   unpleasant, disagreeable, uncongenial, repellent, repelling, austere, unamiable, inaffable, dreary, dismal, offensive

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1. List of paraphrases for "pleasant":

   enjoyable, agreeable, pleasurable, nice, pleasing, congenial, comfortable, happy, lovely, delightful, gratifying, good, sympathetic, fun

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1. Ruud Bakker:

   We haven’t quite reached the autopilot stage yet, but the way this solution communicates with the environment is optimized to the highest degree, fICS supports captains and frees up their time for other things that make the guests’ stay on a Feadship even more pleasant.

2. Og Mandino:

   Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life's blueprint. Smile!

3. Dorothy Parker:

   The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant - and let the air out of the tires.

4. Stefanos Tsitsipas:

   Well, its not very pleasant when you have the umpire give you warnings and time violations and coaching violations during a match, it can affect your thinking. It can affect your decision-making.

5. George Ade:

   Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant.