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pleaser
[plee-zer]
noun
a person or thing that is pleasing or appealing, often to a specified group.
This book is a pleaser for readers who like their sci-fi livened up with emotional complexity.
a person whose general habit or chief aim is to please or satisfy others.
You are a mom pleaser; you’ll say or do anything to make her happy.
A leader must be sensitive to the opinions of every section of their constituency, but without being a people pleaser.
Other Word Forms
- self-pleaser noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of pleaser1
Example Sentences
Other band members agreed that the songs seemed foreign compared to surefire crowd pleasers like “Surfin’ U.S.A” and “Dance, Dance, Dance.”
He’s a people pleaser with attachment issues, the kind of character who is alluring enough to make those two opposite traits feel uniquely linked.
At one point, Lochlan, ever the people pleaser, notices that his older brother is idle and decides to, er, lend him a hand.
Footage circulated on social media shows the strippers banging their high-heeled platform pleaser shoes together over their heads, to show their appreciation at the end of the screenings.
At least director James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a major crowd pleaser, will be in theaters by the end of the next month.
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