Synonyms of pleased

pleased 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in delighted

experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight

she looked pleased with the gift

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delighted
• glad
• thankful
• satisfied
• happy
• gratified
• joyful
• thrilled
• joyous
• chuffed
• blissful
• cheerful
• tickled
• ecstatic
• hopeful
• smiling
• merry
• laughing
• gleeful
• cheery
• optimistic
• lighthearted
• jolly
• upbeat
• jovial
• buoyant
• enraptured
• elated
• mirthful
• jubilant
• sunny
• rapturous
• euphoric
• beatific
• intoxicated
• exultant
• exuberant
• exhilarated
• blithe
• gladsome
• beaming
• rhapsodic
• blithesome
• rapt
• jocund
• rejoicing
• rosy
• gay
• sanguine
• entranced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• displeased
• sad
• unhappy
• dissatisfied
• unsatisfied
• aggrieved
• depressed
• joyless
• disheartened
• blue
• dejected
• despondent
• anguished
• downcast
• sorry
• unpleased
• melancholy
• disconsolate
• abject
• forlorn
• brokenhearted
• sorrowful
• mournful
• woeful
• doleful
• plaintive
• downhearted
• miserable
• black
• dispirited
• gloomy
• dark
• gray
• heartbroken
• grieved
• lachrymose
• dolorous
• glum
• wretched
• heartsick
• desolate
• woebegone

2

as in satisfied

feeling that one's needs or desires have been met

a sleepy, pleased cat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• satisfied
• happy
• gratified
• contented
• delighted
• content
• thrilled
• glad
• joyful
• ecstatic
• joyous
• jubilant
• overjoyed
• elated
• blissful
• rejoicing
• enraptured
• tickled
• rapturous
• euphoric
• appeased
• mollified
• pacified
• placated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• displeased
• unhappy
• dissatisfied
• discontented
• displeased
• unsatisfied
• disgruntled
• disaffected
• aggrieved
• depressed
• discouraged
• discontent
• malcontent
• disheartened
• dispirited
• malcontented
• anguished
• dejected
• abject
• despondent
• downcast
• disconsolate
• downhearted
• brokenhearted

pleased

2 of 2

verb

past tense of please

1

as in thrilled

to give satisfaction to

fresh flowers please me greatly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delighted
• satisfied
• thrilled
• warmed
• gratified
• feasted
• amused
• contented
• suited
• agreed (with)
• gladdened
• tickled
• rejoiced
• pleasured
• entertained
• excited
• appeased
• soothed
• gladded
• gassed
• comforted
• placated
• mollified
• satiated
• calmed
• charmed
• titillated
• sated
• pacified
• captivated
• quenched
• treated
• assuaged
• humored
• galvanized
• diverted
• pampered
• catered (to)
• indulged
• spoiled
• coddled
• mollycoddled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• displeased
• got
• bothered
• annoyed
• irritated
• aggravated
• vexed
• crossed
• perturbed
• outraged
• exasperated
• put out
• angered
• infuriated
• enraged
• incensed
• ruffled
• piqued
• grated
• provoked
• chafed
• upset
• disturbed
• irked
• roused
• maddened
• inflamed
• agitated
• distressed
• peeved
• bugged
• nettled
• galled
• offended
• riled
• harassed
• rankled
• insulted
• fretted
• harried
• steamed up
• roiled
• pestered
• affronted

2

as in wanted

to see fit

clearly, you are going to do as you please no matter what I advise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wanted
• wished
• chose
• liked
• willed
• desired
• fancied
• craved
• died (for)
• coveted
• sighed (for)
• longed (for)
• hungered (for)
• itched (for)
• decided
• yearned (for)
• panted (after)
• resolved
• ached (for)
• thirsted (for)
• determined
• pined (for)
• lusted (for or after)
• hankered (for)
• repined (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pleased

Adjective

Encouraging as that is, Jim Cramer is just as pleased with the rallies in companies like 3M and General Motors following exceptional quarter reports. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Shareholders, the creative community and global audiences are all pleased. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 July 2026

But Gabriella is pleased and the setting shifts to Lestat’s Paris home with his mother bedecked in her Auvergne attire. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

In an email, Lauren Rogers, a spokesperson for Sinceri Senior Living, which operates The Vero, said the company was pleased the legal case had been resolved but could not comment further, citing confidentiality and patient privacy. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026

Evaluating how things went during an initial taste of action in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League, Hannes Steinbach was rather pleased. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026

Still, Ellington was pleased his remaining roster pulled within three late after previously trailing by as many as 17. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2026

To say that Cucurella was pleased, when the Spanish side outwitted the French in the semifinal, would be an understatement. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Watt, however, was not pleased that his wife, a local soccer legend, was dismissed. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026

Verb

Jim was, however, pleased to see that Citi thinks Azure is doing well. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 15 July 2026

His performances at the World Cup will have pleased West Ham head coach Nuno Espirito Santo. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Netflix has a new #1 movie in its top 10 list, a romantic comedy that seems to have pleased both critics and audiences alike, far from a sure thing in that genre. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Success was whatever pleased him that afternoon. — Bob Batchelor, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Yet the momentary surprise was not enough to affect a single note of my playing, a fact which pleased me. — Literary Hub, 15 June 2026

Again, Brunello was a man at ease in his surroundings, pleased to share the docufilm about his life and philosophies. — Randee Dawn, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026

A couple giggling teens popped on and off that scale recently, pleased, apparently, by the reading. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026

The president was reportedly pleased by the news of his eldest son's plans to marry again. — Linda Marx, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026