Synonyms & related words for pleasantry

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of pleasantry — including raillery, badinage, jocularity, jocoseness, facetiousness, persiflage. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to pleasantry

Explore words related to pleasantry — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include jocosity, waggery, jests, jesting, jocose, jocundity, drollery, japery. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for pleasantry

Common synonyms for pleasantry include raillery, badinage, jocularity, jocoseness, facetiousness, persiflage, witticism, amiability — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does pleasantry come from?

The word pleasantry breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root pleas-, from Latin placeo (“please”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.