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pleasant

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈplɛz.ənt/
  • [ˈplɛz.n̩t]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈplez.ənt/
  • rhymes with -ɛzənt
  • CMU ARPABET: P L EH1 Z AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We had a pleasant walk around the town.
  • It wasn't so hot outside, but pleasant enough to have lunch in the garden.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Facetious, joking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Switzerland County, Indiana, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Pleasant Township.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1696, uncredited translator, The General History of the Quakers by Gerard Croese, London: John Dunton, Book 2, p. 96, Yea, in the Courts of Kings and Princes, their Fools, and Pleasants, which they kept to relax them from grief and pensiveness, could not show themselves more dexterously ridiculous, than by representing the Quakers, or aping the motions of their mouth, voice, gesture, and countenance:

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we had a pleasant evening together
  • a pleasant scene
  • pleasant sensations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpleasant

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

(of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَارّ (sārr) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Arabic: لَطِيف (laṭīf) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Arabic: مُمْتِع (mumtiʕ) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Armenian: հաճելի (hačeli) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Azerbaijani: xoş — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Azerbaijani: fərəhli — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Belarusian: прые́мны (pryjémny) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Bengali: আনন্দদায়ক (anndodaẏok) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Bengali: খোশ (khōś) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Bulgarian: прия́тен (prijáten) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Catalan: agradable — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Catalan: plaent — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愉快 (yúkuài) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Czech: příjemný — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Danish: behagelig — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Danish: rar — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Dutch: aangenaam — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Dutch: behaaglijk — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Dutch: plezierig — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Dutch: fijn — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Esperanto: agrabla — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Esperanto: plezura — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Esperanto: plaĉa — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Estonian: meeldiv — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Finnish: miellyttävä — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Finnish: mukava — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Finnish: rattoisa — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Finnish: kiva — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • French: agréable — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • French: plaisant — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • West-Frisian: noflik — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Galician: pracenteiro — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • German: angenehm — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Swabian: ognehm — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wōþeis) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌼𐍃 (andanēms) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Greek: ευχάριστος (efcháristos) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Ancient Greek: ἡδύς (hēdús) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Hebrew: נָעִים (na'ím) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Hindi: सुहाना (suhānā) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Hindi: सुखद (sukhad) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Hindi: सुखदायी (sukhdāyī) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Hindi: सुखदायक (sukhdāyak) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Hungarian: kellemes — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Hungarian: rokonszenves — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Irish: grianmhar — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Irish: lách — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Irish: aiteasach — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Irish: aoibheallach — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Irish: taitneamhach — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Irish: pléisiúrtha — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Italian: piacevole — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Italian: gradito — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Italian: gradevole — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Japanese: 愉快な (yukai na) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Japanese: 楽しい (tanoshii) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Korean: 유쾌하다 (yukwaehada) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Korean: 즐겁다 (jeulgeopda) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Korean: 기분 좋은 (gibun jo'eun) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Latin: amoenus — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Latin: bellus — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Latin: benignus — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Latin: blandus — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Latin: dulcis — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Latin: grātus — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Latin: iūcundus — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Latin: suāvis — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Macedonian: пријатен (prijaten) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Māori: makue — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Māori: pārekareka — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Māori: purotu — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Māori: rerehua — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Māori: matareka — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Māori: āhuareka — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Minangkabau: lamak — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Norman: pliaîsant — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Old English: wynsum — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Persian: دلپذیر (delpazir) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Polish: przyjemny — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Portuguese: agradável — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Romanian: plăcut — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Romanian: plăcută — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Romanian: savurabil — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Romanian: agreabil — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Russian: прия́тный (prijátnyj) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Sardinian: galanu — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Scottish Gaelic: tlachdmhor — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: при̏ја̄тан — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȉjātan — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Slovak: príjemný — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Slovene: prijeten — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Spanish: placentero — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Spanish: placible — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Spanish: aplacible — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Spanish: apacible — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Spanish: ameno — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Swedish: angenäm — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Swedish: trevlig — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Swedish: behaglig — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Thai: สนุก (sà-nùk) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Turkish: sevimli — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Turkish: tatlı — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Turkish: hoş — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Turkish: güzel — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Ukrainian: приє́мний (pryjémnyj) — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
  • Vietnamese: dễ chịu — giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
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