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| Main Entry: | interesting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appealing, entertaining |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, alluring, amusing, attractive, beautiful, charismatic, compelling, curious, delightful, elegant, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, entrancing, exceptional, exotic, fascinating, fine, gracious, impressive, intriguing, inviting, lovely, magnetic, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, provocative, readable, refreshing, riveting, stimulating, stirring, striking, suspicious, thought-provoking, unusual, winning, arresting, captivating, enthralling, gripping |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, unexciting, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold the attention of |
| Synonyms: | affect, amuse, appeal, arouse, attract, concern, divert, engage, engross, entertain, enthrall, excite, fascinate, grab, hook, intrigue, involve, lure, move, perk up, pique, please, pull, snare, tantalize, tempt, titillate, touch, turn on, appeal to, be interesting to, sit up |
| Antonyms: | bore, bother, disenchant, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | absorbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holding one's attention |
| Synonyms: | consuming, engrossing, exciting, fascinating, interesting, intriguing, riveting, arresting, captivating, enthralling, gripping, monopolizing, preoccupying, spellbinding |
| Antonyms: | boring, irksome |
| Main Entry: | amusing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | entertaining, funny |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, camp, charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, cut up*, delightful, droll, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, gratifying, humorous, interesting, jocular, laughable, lively, merry, pleasant, pleasing, priceless, sidesplitting*, witty, boffo, campy, diverting, for grins, gladdening, gut-busting, jokey, joshing, screaming, too funny for words |
| Antonyms: | annoying, boring, tiring, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attractive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appealing, drawing attention |
| Synonyms: | adorable, agreeable, alluring, beautiful, charming, comely, enchanting, engaging, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, interesting, inviting, lovely, magnetic, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, seductive, stunning, teasing, tempting, winning, winsome, beckoning, bewitching, captivating, enthralling, enticing, hunky, looker, luring, mesmeric, taking, tantalizing |
| Antonyms: | repellent, repulsive, ugly, unappealing, unattractive |
| Main Entry: | engaging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, alluring, appealing, attractive, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, interesting, intriguing, inviting, likable, lovable, magnetic, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, siren, sweet, winning, winsome, bewitching, captivating, enticing, mesmeric |
| Antonyms: | boring, repulsive, tiresome, undesirable, unlikeable |
| Main Entry: | entertaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, pleasing |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty, be a ball, captivating, diverting, enthralling, enticing, recreative, relaxing, side-splitting |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unpleasant, unamusing, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | appealing, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, dangerous, dramatic, eye-popping*, far-out*, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising*, heady*, hectic, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling*, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, wild, agitative, animating, arousing, arresting, commoving, electrifying, exhilarant, impelling, rip-roaring, titillating, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthusiastic, unexciting, unenthused, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invigorating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
| Synonyms: | aesthetic, bracing, brisk, charged, exhilarating, fascinating, fresh, healthful, high*, interesting, lively, refreshing, restorative, salubrious, tonic, uplifting, energizing, exhilarative, hyper, quickening, rejuvenating, rejuvenative, vitalizing |
| Antonyms: | boring, depressing, dull, enervating, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meaty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | compact, epigrammatic, factual, interesting, meaningful, pithy, pointed, profound, rich, substantial, weighty, full of content |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, thin |
| Main Entry: | memorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noteworthy, significant |
| Synonyms: | catchy, celebrated, critical, crucial, decisive, distinguished, enduring, eventful, extraordinary, famous, great, heavy*, historic, hot*, illustrious, important, impressive, indelible, interesting, lasting, meaningful, mind-blowing*, momentous, monumental, notable, observable, red-letter*, remarkable, serious, signal, something, striking, super, terrible, terrific, top-drawer, unforgettable, A-1*, big-league*, bodacious, doozie, heavyweight, major-league, rememberable, rubric, standout, surpassing |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, forgettable, unimpressive, unnoteworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | piquant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flavorful, biting |
| Synonyms: | interesting, lively, peppery, poignant, provocative, pungent, racy, savory, sharp, snappy, sparkling, spicy, spirited, stimulating, stinging, tangy, tart, highly-seasoned, well-flavored, with a kick, zestful, zesty |
| Notes: | having a sharp taste is pungent and having a pleasingly sharp taste is piquant; pungent first meant 'keenly painful or distressing' |
| Antonyms: | bland, dull |
| Main Entry: | stimulating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
| Synonyms: | appealing, bracing, breathtaking, exhilarating, hair-raising*, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, rousing, spine-tingling*, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, adrenalizing, arousing, challenging, electrifying, energizing, gripping, titillating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thought-provoking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, exciting, fascinating, interesting, intriguing, inviting, provocative, refreshing, riveting, stirring, captivating, gripping, inspirational |
| Main Entry: | provocative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually stimulating |
| Synonyms: | alluring, enchanting, erotic, exciting, heady, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, inviting, seductive, sexy, stimulating, suggestive, tempting, arousing, tantalizing |
| Antonyms: | unexciting, unprovocative, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | readable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasurable to peruse |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, amusing, appealing, brilliant, clever, easy, eloquent, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, entertaining, exciting, fascinating, gratifying, ingenious, interesting, inviting, pleasant, pleasing, rewarding, satisfying, smooth, stimulating, worthwhile, enthralling, gripping, relaxing, well-written |
| Antonyms: | disgusting |
| Main Entry: | occupying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | engaging attention |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, drawing, engaging, engrossing, exacting, exciting, interesting, requiring, attracting, concentrated upon, concerned with, focusing, monopolizing, utilizing |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Main Entry: | amuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain; make laugh |
| Synonyms: | charm, cheer, crack up*, delight, divert, fracture*, gladden, grab*, gratify, interest, kill*, occupy, panic*, please, put away*, regale, slay*, tickle, wow*, break one up, knock dead, make roll in the aisles |
| Antonyms: | anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal to, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, bring, captivate, charm, come on*, court, drag, draw, enchant, endear, engage, enthrall, entice, entrance, exert influence, fascinate, freak out*, give the come-on, go over big, grab, hook, induce, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, kill, knock dead, knock out*, lure, magnetize, make a hit with, mousetrap, pull, rope in, score, seduce, send*, slay*, solicit, spellbind, steer, suck in, sweep off one's feet, tempt, turn on, vamp, wile, wow* |
| Antonyms: | repel, repulse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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