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| Main Entry: | attraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to draw attention; something that draws attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal, bait, charm, come-on*, draw, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, temptation, tendency, allurement, attractiveness, captivation, chemistry, courting, drawing power, enthrallment, it, solicitation |
| Antonyms: | repulsion, revulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
attraction, attractiveness; attractivity; drawing to, pulling towards, adduction, magnetism, gravity, attraction of gravitation., loadstone, loadstar; magnet, siderite.
-verbs
attract; draw towards, pull towards, drag towards; adduce.
-adjectives
attracting; attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive.
-phrases
ubi mel ibi apes [Plautus].
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| Antonyms: | repulse (Motion from)] |
| Main Entry: | allure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appeal |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bedroom eyes*, charisma, charm, come-on*, enchantment, enticement, lure, magnetism, temptation, come-hither look, glamor, inveiglement, seductiveness, the jazz |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for luring |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bribe, come-on*, drag, enticement, inducement, lure, snare, temptation, trap, allurement, seducement, shill |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait, trap |
| Synonyms: | attraction, beard*, blind, booster, camouflage, catch, chicanery, come-on, deception, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, lure, plant, pretense, sitting duck*, snare, stick, stool pigeon*, temptation, trick, trickery, allurement, blow off*, chicane, drawing card, ensnarement, inveiglement, nark, seducement, shill, stoolie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enticement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allurement; persuasion |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bait, come-on*, decoy, fascination, inducement, lure, promise, seduction, snare, temptation, trap, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, come hither, inveiglement, mousetrap, sweetener, sweetening |
| Antonyms: | disgust, repulsion, dissuasion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fascination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong interest |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal, attraction, bug*, charisma, charm, enchantment, glamour, hang-up*, lure, magic, magnetism, obsession, piquancy, power, pull*, sorcery, spell, thing*, trance, witchcraft, enthrallment, grabber, thing for, witchery |
| Antonyms: | boredom, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | friendship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companionship |
| Synonyms: | accord, affection, affinity, agreement, alliance, amity, association, attachment, attraction, benevolence, closeness, coalition, company, concord, consideration, consonance, devotion, empathy, esteem, familiarity, favor, favoritism, fondness, friendliness, fusion, good will, harmony, intimacy, league, love, pact, partiality, rapport, regard, society, sodality, solidarity, understanding, acquaintanceship, amiability, amicability, comity, sociability |
| Antonyms: | enmity, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | glamour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophisticated style |
| Synonyms: | allure, animal magnetism, appeal, attraction, beauty, charisma, charm, color, enchantment, fascination, interest, magnetism, prestige, romance, allurement, bewitchment, ravishment, razzle-dazzle, star quality |
| Antonyms: | drab, dullness, ugliness, plainness |
| Main Entry: | inducement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incentive, motive |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bait, brainwash*, cause, come-on*, con*, consideration, desire, encouragement, hard sell, hook*, impulse, incitement, influence, leader, lure, reward, snow job*, soft soap*, spur, stimulus, sweet talk*, temptation, twist, urge, carrot* |
| Notes: | the temporal orientation of incentive is toward the future; that of inducement is toward the past |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, hindrance, prevention, disincentive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proposal; asking |
| Synonyms: | appeal, attraction, begging, bid, bidding, call, challenge, date, encouragement, enticement, feeler*, ground, hit, incitement, inducement, invite, lure, motive, offer, open door*, overture, paper, pass, petition, pressure, proffer, proposition, provocation, rain check, reason, request, suggestion, summons, supplication, temptation, urge, allurement, compliments, coquetry, prompting, solicitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | liking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fondness, taste |
| Synonyms: | affection, affinity, appetite, appreciation, attachment, attraction, bent, bias, desire, devotion, fancy, favoritism, inclination, love, mind, partiality, passion, penchant, pleasure, predilection, preference, propensity, relish, soft spot*, stomach, sympathy, tendency, tooth, weakness, will, palate, proneness, velleity |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait |
| Synonyms: | ambush, appeal, attraction, bribe, call, camouflage, come-on*, con game*, decoy, delusion, draw, enticement, fake, gimmick, hook, illusion, incentive, inducement, invitation, pull, seduction, sitting duck*, snare, temptation, tout, trap, trick, allurement, carrot*, inveiglement, magnet, mousetrap, seducement, siren song, sweetener |
| Antonyms: | deterrent, warning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | magnetism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charm, attractiveness |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal, attraction, charisma, draw, enchantment, fascination, glamour, hypnotism, influence, lure, magic, power, pull, spell, witchcraft, captivatingness, drawing power, mesmerism, seductiveness, witchery |
| Antonyms: | repugnance, repulsion |
| Main Entry: | obsession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation; consumption with belief, desire |
| Synonyms: | attraction, ax to grind*, case*, complex, compulsion, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind*, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, thing*, bug in ear, concrete idea, something on the brain, tiger by the tail |
| Antonyms: | indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | one-track mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mind set on one idea |
| Synonyms: | attraction, compulsion, fascination, fixation, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, obsession, passion, preoccupation, tunnel vision, fixed idea, monomania, prepossession, ruling passion, single-mindedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pulchritude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beauty |
| Synonyms: | allure, attraction, elegance, loveliness, adorableness, allurement, exquisiteness, glamor, good looks, handsomeness, physical attractiveness, prettiness, shapeliness |
| Main Entry: | seduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enticement |
| Synonyms: | attraction, come-on*, inducement, lure, persuasion, temptation, allurement, cajolery, tantalizing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sex appeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sexual attractiveness |
| Synonyms: | allure, animal magnetism, appeal, attraction, charisma, charm, confidence, enchantment, glamour, lure, magnetism, pizzazz, presence, pull, attractiveness, drawing power, it, it, seductiveness, sexiness, sexual magnetism, star power |
| Main Entry: | affinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liking or inclination toward something |
| Synonyms: | affection, attraction, closeness, compatibility, cup of tea*, fondness, leaning, partiality, rapport, sympathy, thing*, weakness*, cotton, druthers, good vibrations, same wavelength, simpatico |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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