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| 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: | 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
| Main Entry: | charisma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great personal charm |
| Synonyms: | allure, animal magnetism*, appeal, dazzle, fascination, flash, glamour, magnetism, pizzazz*, something*, witchcraft, drawing power, it, star quality, witchery |
* = 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: | fixation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsession |
| Synonyms: | addiction, case, complex, craze, crush, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, preoccupation, thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | magic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supernatural power; appearance |
| Synonyms: | alchemy, astrology, augury, black art, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, power, prediction, presage, prophecy, sleight of hand, sorcery, sortilege, spell, superstition, taboo, trickery, voodoo, witchcraft, allurement, bewitchment, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, horoscopy, occultism, of impossible feats by tricks abracadabra, prestidigitation, rune, soothsaying, thaumaturgy, voodooism, wizardry |
| 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: | mania |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation, madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ax to grind*, bee*, bug*, compulsion, craving, craze, delirium, dementia, derangement, desire, disorder, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fascination, fetish, frenzy, furor, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, obsession, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing, tiger*, bee in bonnet, bug in ear, craziness, fixed idea, grabber, monomania, on the brain, tiger by the tail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mystique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's strong impression |
| Synonyms: | attitude, awe, character, charisma, charm, complex, fascination, glamour, magic, nature, spell, temperament |
| 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: | temptation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lure, attraction |
| Synonyms: | appeal, bait, come-on*, decoy, draw, enticement, fancy, fascination, hankering, inducement, invitation, provocation, pull, seduction, snare, trap*, yen, allurement, attractiveness, blandishment, coaxing, inveiglement, seducement, tantalization |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dislike, repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wonderment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | astonishment |
| Synonyms: | amazement, awe, bewilderment, curiosity, fascination, marvel, shock, surprise, wonder, astoundment, stunner |
| Main Entry: | yearning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | ache, ambition, appetite, aspiration, craving, craze, eagerness, fancy, fascination, hankering*, hunger, infatuation, liking, longing, love, need, passion, thirst, urge, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hypnotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bewitchment |
| Synonyms: | fascination, suggestion, autohypnosis, deep sleep, hypnonanalysis, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, mesmerism, spell-casting |
| Main Entry: | infatuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | captivation |
| Synonyms: | crush*, desire, fascination, love, obsession, passion, puppy love* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beauty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical attractiveness |
| Synonyms: | allure, artistry, attraction, bloom, charm, class, delicacy, elegance, fairness, fascination, grace, loveliness, polish, pulchritude, refinement, style, symmetry, adorableness, allurement, comeliness, exquisiteness, glamor, good looks, handsomeness, shapeliness, winsomeness |
| Antonyms: | ugliness, homeliness, offensiveness |
| Main Entry: | charm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enchantment, allure |
| Synonyms: | appeal, attraction, beauty, charisma, fascination, glamour, grace, lure, magic, magnetism, pizzazz*, something*, sorcery, spell, agreeableness, allurement, attractiveness, bewitchery, chemistry, conjuration, delightfulness, desirability, it, star quality, witchery |
| Antonyms: | repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | want, longing |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch*, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapture, relish, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning, rapaciousness, ravenousness, salacity |
| Antonyms: | aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, repulsion |
* = 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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