| Main Entry: | enthrallment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absorption |
Synonyms: |
attention, captivation, concentration, engrossment, fascination, immersion, intentness, preoccupation |
| Main Entry: | absorption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total attention toward something |
Synonyms: |
captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hang-up, holding, immersion, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, raptness |
Antonyms: |
boredom, distraction |
| Main Entry: | attraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to draw attention; something that draws attention |
Synonyms: |
allure, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, captivation, charm, chemistry, come-on, courting, draw, drawing power, enchantment, endearment, enthrallment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, it, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, solicitation, temptation, tendency |
Antonyms: |
repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | captivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical detention by force |
Synonyms: |
bondage, committal, confinement, constraint, custody, durance, duress, enslavement, enthrallment, entombment, impoundment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, jail, limbo, restraint, serfdom, servitude, slavery, subjection, thralldom, vassalage |
Antonyms: |
freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | conquest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enchantment; person enchanted |
Synonyms: |
acquisition, adherent, admirer, captivation, catch, enthrallment, enticement, fan, feather in cap, follower, prize, seduction, supporter, worshiper |
| Main Entry: | fascination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong interest |
Synonyms: |
allure, appeal, attraction, bug*, charisma, charm, enchantment, enthrallment, glamour, grabber, hang-up, lure, magic, magnetism, obsession, piquancy, power, pull*, sorcery, spell, thing for, thing*, trance, witchcraft, witchery |
Antonyms: |
boredom, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | slavery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of working under duress or without freedom |
Synonyms: |
bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, work |
Antonyms: |
mastery |
| Main Entry: | engrossment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absorption |
Synonyms: |
attention, captivation, concentration, enthrallment, fascination, immersion, intentness, preoccupation |
| Main Entry: | immersion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absorption |
Synonyms: |
captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hang-up, holding, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, prepossession, raptness |
| Notes: | baptism by sprinkling is aspersion, by dipping is immersion, by pouring water is affusion |
| Main Entry: | prepossession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absorption |
Synonyms: |
captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hang-up, holding, immersion, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, raptness |