pleasant

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈplɛz.ənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #3236

Meanings

1

adj
Enjoyable and giving a feeling of happiness.

We had a pleasant walk around the town.
2

adj
Friendly and easy to be with.

The new neighbours are very pleasant people.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · enjoyable and giving a... enjoyable agreeable

2 adj · friendly and easy to be with. friendlylikeable

More acceptable amiable appropriate charming comely felicitous gorgeous nice pleasing pleasurable welcome

Opposites

annoying disagreeable nasty repulsive unpleasant

Word family

Forms pleasanterpleasantest

Derived forms pleasantishpleasantly pleasantness pleasantry

Related forms pleasure

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Phrases (1)

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pleasant evening
an enjoyable, agreeable evening

Adjective + noun

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.

plesaunte Middle English plaisant Old French

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Describing Qualities

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# pleasant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈplɛz.ənt/
**Frequency rank:** 3236

## Meanings
1. Enjoyable and giving a feeling of happiness.
2. Friendly and easy to be with.

## Examples
- We had a pleasant walk around the town.
- The new neighbours are very pleasant people.

## Synonyms
- acceptable
- agreeable
- amiable
- appropriate
- charming
- comely
- felicitous
- gorgeous
- nice
- pleasing
- pleasurable
- welcome

## Antonyms
- annoying
- disagreeable
- nasty
- repulsive
- unpleasant

## Derived Forms
- pleasantish
- pleasantly
- pleasantness
- pleasantry

## Related Forms
- pleasure

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: plesaunte
- Root: plaisant

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Pleasant comes 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. In present-day English it covers enjoyable and giving a feeling of happiness and friendly and easy to be with. The wider family includes derived forms such as pleasantish, pleasantly, pleasantness, pleasantry and related forms such as pleasure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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