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pleasantries

NOUN

nice remark

Synonyms

STRONGEST

repartee witticism

STRONG

badinage banter humor jest joke levity merriment quip quirk sally squib wit

WEAK

bon mot joking

Antonyms

STRONG

seriousness

WEAK

criticism

Example Sentences

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Groups of passersby stopped outside the city’s La Carlota air base—one of the sites targeted in Saturday’s military incursion —to take photos, exchanging pleasantries as they snapped photos of the bombed site.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

I was never a fan of pleasantries because they seemed like a waste of time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

After some pleasantries, I explained that I couldn’t help with her moving boxes because I was about to conduct a highly sensitive business transaction.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

In series two, we see how Lumon's disorientating, unforgiving corporate culture and its deceptive pleasantries affects those with power too.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

But I could figure out they weren’t compliments or normal pleasantries.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore