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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pleasant \Pleas"ant\, noun A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pleasant \Pleas"ant\, adjective [F. plaisant. See {Please}.]
1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! --Ps. cxxxiii. 1.
2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow.
From grave to light, from pleasant to serve. --Dryden.
Syn: Pleasing; gratifying; agreeable; cheerful; good-humored; enlivening; gay; lively; merry; sportive; humorous; jocose; amusing; witty.
Usage: {Pleasant}, {Pleasing}, {Agreeable}. Agreeable is applied to that which agrees with, or is in harmony with, one's tastes, character, etc. Pleasant and pleasing denote a stronger degree of the agreeable. Pleasant refers rather to the state or condition; pleasing, to the act or effect. Where they are applied to the same object, pleasing is more energetic than pleasant; as, she is always pleasant and always pleasing. The distinction, however, is not radical and not rightly observed.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pleasant
adjective
1: affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "a pleasant person to be around"; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" [ant: {unpleasant}]
2: pleasant in manner or behavior; "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
206 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleasant": achingly sweet, advantageous, affable, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, alluring, amiable, amicable, appealing, approachable, appropriate, ariose, arioso, attractive, auspicious, balmy, beaming, beneficial, benevolent, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bon, bonny, braw, bright, bright and fair, bright and sunny, brotherly, bueno, canorous, cantabile, capital, catchy, charming, cheerful, cheering, cheery, clear, cloudless, cogent, commendable, companionable, compatible, complaisant, congenial, convivial, cordial, courteous, cultivated, cultured, debonair, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, dulcet, elated, elegant, en rapport, engaging, enjoyable, estimable, eupeptic, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, euphoric, exalted, excellent, exhilarated, expedient, fair, fair and pleasant, famous, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine, fine-toned, fitting, flushed, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, genial, genteel, glad, gladsome, glowing, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good, goodly, gracious, grand, grateful, gratifying, gregarious, happy, harmonious, healthy, heart-warming, helpful, high, honeyed, hopeful, hospitable, in good spirits, in high spirits, inviting, irrepressible, joyful, joyous, kind, laudable, laughing, likable, likeable, lovely, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical, neighborlike, neighborly, nice, noble, of good cheer, open, optimistic, outgoing, palatable, peaceable, pleasant-sounding, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polished, polite, pretty, profitable, radiant, rainless, regal, rewarding, riant, rich, rosy, royal, sanguine, sanguineous, satisfying, savory, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, simpatico, singable, sisterly, skillful, smiling, sociable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sound, sparkling, splendid, suave, suitable, sunny, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, sympathique, toothsome, tunable, tuneful, undarkened, unhostile, urbane, useful, valid, very good, virtuous, welcome, welcoming, well-affected, well-bred, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-mannered, well-meaning, well-meant, winning, winsome
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