crowd pleasers
Surefire audience favorites
Crowd pleasers are things designed to appeal to popular taste—entertainment, performances, or gestures that reliably win approval from a broad audience.
The term often carries a faint hint of pandering, suggesting something calculated rather than artistically pure: The setlist was heavy on crowd pleasers.
A person can also be a crowd pleaser, someone who seeks approval by giving people what they want.
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- showstopperSpectacular crowd-pleasing performance
- standing ovationApplause while risen
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
magnet · extravaganza · fan service · cheers · spectacle · sing-along · comfort food · movie night · applause · headliner · attraction · earworm · easy listening · dance number · concert · clapping · anthem · performances
- showstoppersshowstopper, showstoppers, knockout, knockouts, stunner
- dance musicEDM, disco, techno, house, trance
- famous peoplecelebrity, star, stars, legend, icon
- supersellersbestsellers, blockbusters, megahits, chart-toppers, smash hits
crowd pleasersacquired tastes
Enjoyments requiring repeated exposure
flops · turnoffs · hard sells · turn-offs · bombs
crowd, crowds, crowded, crowding, overcrowd, overcrowded, overcrowding, pleaser, please