Related Searches
on Ask.com
intrigued - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | intrigued |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attracted |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, charmed, entertained, fascinated, interested, captivated |
| Main Entry: | intrigue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arouse curiosity |
| Synonyms: | appeal, attract, bait, captivate, charm, con, delight, draw, enchant, entertain, excite, fascinate, grab, hook, interest, pique, please, pull, tickle, titillate, tout, lead on, mousetrap, rivet |
| Antonyms: | bore |
| Main Entry: | intrigue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot |
| Synonyms: | angle, cogitate, collude, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up*, devise, finagle, machinate, maneuver, operate, plan, promote, scheme, set up*, be in cahoots, frame up, work hand in glove |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engrossed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preoccupied; attentive to |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, assiduous, busy, deep, diligent, engaged, fascinated, gone*, head over heels*, hooked, hung up, immersed, industrious, intent, into*, intrigued, lost, occupied, rapt, sedulous, all wound up, bugged, captivated, caught up, caught up in, consumed, enthralled, fiend for, gripped, heavily into, monopolized, really into, riveted, submerged, taken up with, tied up, turned on, up to here in, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, disinterested, inattentive, oblivious, uncaring, uninterested, unoccupied, disenthralled, ignoring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attract, interest |
| Synonyms: | allure, beguile, captivate, charm, enchant, engage, entice, fascinate, intrigue, invite, please, tantalize, tempt, catch the eye |
| Antonyms: | disgust, turn off, turn away |
| 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
| Main Entry: | captivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attract, enchant |
| Synonyms: | allure, beguile, bewitch, charm, dazzle, delight, draw, enamour, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, entertain, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, gratify, grip, hold, hook, hypnotize, infatuate, intrigue, lure, magnetize, make a hit with, mesmerize, please, rope in, seduce, spellbind, sweep off one's feet, take, turn one on, vamp, wile, win |
| Antonyms: | disgust, disillusion, offend, repel, repulse |
| Main Entry: | connive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, cabal, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, diddle*, finagle, frame, intrigue, machinate, operate, promote, wangle, wire, be in cahoots with, frame up, work hand in glove |
| Notes: | one connives at something but conspires with somebody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme with someone |
| Synonyms: | cabal, cogitate, collude, confederate, connive, contrive, cook up*, cooperate, devise, hatch, intrigue, machinate, maneuver, operate, promote, wangle, wire, be in cahoots, collogue, get in bed with, put out a contract, work something out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring about, succeed with difficulty |
| Synonyms: | achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle*, hatch, intrigue, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle, hit upon, play games |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debauch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprave, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bastardize, betray, debase, defile, deflower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, intrigue, inveigle, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp, bestialize, brutalize, go bad, go to hell, lead astray, live in the gutter |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | devise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive, dream up |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, craft, create, design, discover, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off*, hatch, head trip, imagine, improvise, intrigue, invent, machinate, make up, mastermind*, plan, play it by ear*, plot, prepare, project, scheme, shape, spark, vamp, whip up*, work out, dope out*, fake it, think up, throw together, trump up |
| Antonyms: | borrow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthrall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
| Synonyms: | absorb, beguile, bewitch, charm, enchant, engage, enrapture, enslave, entrance, fascinate, grab, grip, hook, hypnotize, intrigue, mesmerize, subdue, subject, subjugate, hold spellbound, preoccupy, rivet, spellbind |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull, tire, turn off, weary |
| Main Entry: | fascinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, hold spellbound |
| Synonyms: | absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, seduce, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win, infatuate, intoxicate, rivet, spellbind |
| Antonyms: | bore, repel, tire, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest |
| 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: | machinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maneuver, plot |
| Synonyms: | cogitate, collude, come up with, connive, conspire, contrive, design, devise, engineer, finagle, hatch, intrigue, invent, plan, promote, scheme, wangle, play games, pull strings, trump up |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, beguile, cheat, come up with, con*, conspire, contrive, cook, design, devise, doctor, engineer, exploit, fence, finagle, finesse, intrigue, jockey, machinate, manage, manipulate, move, navigate, operate, play, plot, proceed, rig, scam, sham, shift, trick, upstage, wangle, work, go around, leave holding the bag, play games, pull strings, push around, put one over |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think out; prepare in advance |
| Synonyms: | arrange, bargain for, block out, blueprint, brainstorm*, calculate, concoct, conspire, contemplate, contrive, cook up*, craft, design, devise, draft, engineer, form, formulate, frame, hatch*, intrigue, invent, map, meditate, organize, outline, plot, project, ready, represent, scheme, shape, sketch, steer, trace, work out, figure on, figure out, fix to, lay in provisions, line up, make arrangements, quarterback, reckon on, rough in*, set out |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, brew*, cabal, cogitate, collude, conceive, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, draft, finagle, frame, hatch*, imagine, intrigue, lay*, machinate, maneuver, operate, outline, project, promote, rough out*, set up, sketch, wangle |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tempt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lure, entice |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal to, attract, bait, butter up*, captivate, charm, coax, court, dare, decoy, draw, draw out, entrap, fascinate, honey*, hook*, incite, induce, influence, instigate, intrigue, inveigle, invite, lead on, make mouth water, motivate, mousetrap, move, oil, persuade, play up to, promote, provoke, risk, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, tantalize, test, train, try, turn one's head, wheedle, whet, woo* |
| Antonyms: | discourage, repulse, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
