people pleaser

plural people pleasers · alternative people-pleaser

1. informalAn obsequious, subservient person, especially in a workplace.

   Synonyms: adulator, apple polisher, arse-kisser, arse-licker, ass-kisser, ass-licker, bootlick, bootlicker

2. informalSomeone who prioritizes serving others over their own desires.

   Her wedding gives her fans the satisfying narrative conclusion that they desire. Or which, in the case of the fandom’s more lunatic fringes, they believe that they are entitled to. Hey, she’s a people pleaser.

   2026 July 3, Marina Hyde, “The US turns 250 and Taylor Swift gets married. I think we all know which is a bigger deal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026