pleaser

[ plee-zer ]

noun

1. 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.

2. 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 Words From

• self-pleas·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleaser¹

please ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Shake Shack (already known for its Linfinite lines) has rolled out a new crowd-pleaser: the Jeremy Lin-Mint shake.

From The Daily Beast

But the little crowd pleaser is having surprising staying power in the race.

From The Daily Beast

Expect to hear about this crowd-pleaser again come Oscar time.

From The Daily Beast

Not only is it a crowd-pleaser, but leftovers are great for all sorts of things, from sandwiches to salads.

From The Daily Beast

A flesh-pleaser thinks he is undone, when affliction depriveth him of his pleasure.

From Project Gutenberg

I looked back with a feeling of relief to Weston, and my good Polly, who would scorn to be an eye-servant or men-pleaser.

From Project Gutenberg

The signs of a flesh-pleaser or sensualist are these (which may be gathered from what is said already): 1.

From Project Gutenberg

Or are you a too-easy, too-facile man-pleaser and self-seeker, being all things to all men that you may make use of all men?

From Project Gutenberg