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please has 1 distinct synonym spread across 1 of its 4 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is displease.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
1 of the 4 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for please.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for please come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
be the will of or have the will (to)
“he could do many things if he pleased”
give satisfaction
“The waiters around her aim to please”