| Main Entry: | please |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delight, make happy |
Synonyms: |
amuse, charm, cheer, content, enchant, entertain, fill the bill, gladden, go over big, grab, gratify, hit the spot, humor, indulge, kill*, make the grade, overjoy, satisfy, score, suit, sweep off feet, tickle pink, tickle*, titillate, turn on, wow* |
Antonyms: |
anger, annoy, depress, displease, disturb, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | please |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | will, elect to do |
Synonyms: |
be inclined, choose, command, demand, desire, like, opt, prefer, see fit, want, wish |
Antonyms: |
be unwilling, deny, refuse |
| Main Entry: | pleasing/pleasurable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | welcome, nice |
Synonyms: |
agreeable, amiable, amusing, charming, congenial, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, favorable, good, grateful, gratifying, likable, luscious, musical, palatable, pleasant, polite, satisfactory, satisfying, savory, suitable, sweet, winning |
Antonyms: |
bad, disagreeable, dismal, displeasing, grim, hurtful, troublesome, unpleasant, unwelcome, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | pleasing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nice |
Synonyms: |
adorable, agreeable, amiable, amusing, attractive, charming, congenial, darling, delicious, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, favorable, good, grateful, gratifying, likable, luscious, mellow, musical, palatable, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, satisfactory, satisfying, savory, suitable, sweet, welcome, winning |
Antonyms: |
displeasng |
| Main Entry: | acceptable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | satisfactory, agreeable |
Synonyms: |
A-OK, adequate, admissible, all right, average, big*, common, cooking with gas, cool*, copacetic, decent, delightful, fair, hep, hip*, hunky-dory, in the swim, kosher*, large, okay, on the ball, on the beam, passable, peachy keen, pleasant, pleasing, respectable, right on, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, trendy, unexceptional, unobjectionable, up to code, up to snuff, welcome |
Antonyms: |
disagreeable, disturbing, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unwelcome |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform service |
Synonyms: |
afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield |
Antonyms: |
bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | adorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cute, lovable |
Synonyms: |
ambrosial, appealing, attractive, captivating, charming, cute, darling, dear, delectable, delicious, delightful, dishy, dreamy*, fetching, heavenly, hot*, luscious, pleasing, precious, sexy, suave |
Antonyms: |
cursed, despicable, detestable, hateable, hateful |
| Main Entry: | amiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, agreeable |
Synonyms: |
affable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, buddy-buddy, charming, cheerful, clubby, complaisant, cool*, copacetic, cordial, cozy, delightful, downright neighborly, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, home cooking, kind, kindly, lenient, lovable, mellow, mild, obliging, palsy-walsy, pleasant, pleasing, princely, pussycat, responsive, right, righteous, sociable, sweet-tempered, swell*, tight*, warm, warmhearted, winning |
| Notes: | amicable implies being well disposed; amiable is acting well disposed and amiable is commonly applied only to people - though sometimes it is used for occasions, while amicable is not applied to people at all but to human interactions and their outcomes; amiable first meant 'kind' or 'lovely, lovable' and amicable first applied to things and meant 'pleasant, benign' |
Antonyms: |
crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, mean, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | amuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain; make laugh |
Synonyms: |
break one up, charm, cheer, crack up, delight, divert, fracture, gladden, grab*, gratify, interest, kill*, knock dead, make roll in the aisles, occupy, panic*, please, put away, regale, slay, tickle, wow* |
Antonyms: |
anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset |
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, making someone laugh |
Synonyms: |
action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day, fun, fun and games, gladdening, gratification, grins, high time, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs, laughter, merriment, merry go round, mirth, picnic, play, pleasing, pleasure, regalement, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
boredom |