pleaser

noun

pleas·​er ˈplē-zər 

plural pleasers

: a person or thing that offers pleasure or satisfaction

A classic corner bar and restaurant that's been updated, Dino's serves a pleaser of a brunch while it weaves the business' Italian heritage into the menu.

—Carol Deptolla

—often used in combination

Cerith Wyn Evans's work looks impressive. His big, sprawling, humming white neons are real eye-pleasers.

—Eddy Frankel

see also crowd-pleaser, people pleaser

Examples of pleaser in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This no-frills crowd pleaser just made taco night a whole lot easier and equally as satisfying. —Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025

The movie is vintage Brewer, an intelligent audience-pleaser filled with heart and style and unabashed but fully earned sentiment and humor. —Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025

Grant thinks the vetting process has created a list of crowd pleasers. —Kansas City Star, 4 Dec. 2025

Harriet York is the sweetest people-pleaser in town, and Nolan Callahan is the Ghost of Christmas Past. —Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing pleaser

• crowd-pleaser
• people pleaser

Rhymes for pleaser

• freezer
• geezer
• teaser
• ebenezer
• tortfeasor