pleased

Other forms of pleased

comparative

pleasedder·

superlative

pleaseddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pleased

What does pleased mean?

pleased means "experiencing or manifesting pleasure". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pleased?

pleased has 1 syllable: pleased. In IPA it is /ˈplizd/.

What is another word for pleased?

Close synonyms include proud of. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of pleased?

The recorded antonyms are displeased.

Is pleased a common word?

pleased is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.