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 Word Forms

• self-pleaser noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleaser¹

please ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Being a people pleaser isn’t usually the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to Margo Price.

From Los Angeles Times

"I got mixed up with being a people pleaser," she says, "but I was just an outline of a person."

From BBC

Jones described Maeve as tough and unapologetic, but she thinks of herself quite differently: “I’m a little bit of a people pleaser, as most Brits are,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

New head of Continental Studios, a people pleaser trying to balance his love for filmmaking with the demands of commerce.

From Los Angeles Times

Other band members agreed that the songs seemed foreign compared to surefire crowd pleasers like “Surfin’ U.S.A” and “Dance, Dance, Dance.”

From Los Angeles Times