pleasant

CEFRA2

/ˈplɛz.ənt/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Enjoyable, friendly, or causing a good feeling.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.

Examples

  • Meeting my old friend was very pleasant.

  • Nothing is so pleasant as traveling by air.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈplɛz.n̩t]
  • /ˈplez.ənt/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Facetious, joking.

  2. Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.

More examples

In context

  • It wasn't so hot outside, but pleasant enough to have lunch in the garden.

  • We had a pleasant walk around the town.

  • 1696, uncredited translator, The General History of the Quakers by Gerard Croese, London: John Dunton, Book 2, p. 96, Yea, in the Courts of Kings and Princes, their Fools, and Pleasants, which they kept to relax them from grief and pensiveness, could not show...

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.