pleaser

[ plee-zer ]

/ ˈpli zər /

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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.

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Origin of pleaser

please + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pleaser

self-pleas·er, noun

Words nearby pleaser

pleasantry, Pleasantville, please, pleased as Punch, Pleasence, pleaser, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure, pleasure dome, pleasure principle

How to use pleaser in a sentence

Shake Shack (already known for its Linfinite lines) has rolled out a new crowd-pleaser: the Jeremy Lin-Mint shake.
Jeremy Lin Means More Than Wins for the Knicks|Matthew DeLuca|February 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But the little crowd pleaser is having surprising staying power in the race.
Golden Globe Nominations: The Winners and Losers|Richard Rushfield|December 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Expect to hear about this crowd-pleaser again come Oscar time.
'The Descendants,' 'The Muppets,' and Other Thanksgiving Movies to See or Skip|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Not only is it a crowd-pleaser, but leftovers are great for all sorts of things, from sandwiches to salads.
Fresh Picks|Padma Lakshmi|October 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST

A flesh-pleaser thinks he is undone, when affliction depriveth him of his pleasure.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
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.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863|Various
The signs of a flesh-pleaser or sensualist are these (which may be gathered from what is said already): 1.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
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?
Bunyan Characters - Third Series|Alexander Whyte