ATTRACTIVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does attractive mean?
• ATTRACTIVE (adjective)
The adjective ATTRACTIVE has 3 senses:
1. pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
2. having power to arouse interest
3. having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull
Familiarity information: ATTRACTIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ATTRACTIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
Context examples:
a remarkably attractive young man / an attractive personality / attractive clothes / a book with attractive illustrations
Similar:
photogenic (looking attractive in photographs)
winsome (charming in a childlike or naive way)
prepossessing (creating a favorable impression)
personable ((of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality)
irresistible (overpoweringly attractive)
hypnotic; mesmeric; mesmerizing; spellbinding (attracting and holding interest as if by a spell)
fetching; taking; winning (very attractive; capturing interest)
engaging; piquant (attracting or delighting)
dinky ((British informal) pretty and neat)
cunning; cute (attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness)
charismatic; magnetic (possessing an extraordinary ability to attract)
bewitching; captivating; enchanting; enthralling; entrancing; fascinating (capturing interest as if by a spell)
Also:
seductive (tending to entice into a desired action or state)
beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)
inviting (attractive and tempting)
pleasing (giving pleasure and satisfaction)
Attribute:
attractiveness (a beauty that appeals to the senses)
Antonym:
unattractive (lacking beauty or charm)
Meaning:
Having power to arouse interest
Context examples:
an attractive opportunity / the job is attractive because of the pay
Similar:
appealing (able to attract interest or draw favorable attention)
Meaning:
Having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull
Synonyms:
attractive; magnetic
Context examples:
an attractive force / the knife hung on a magnetic board
Attribute:
magnetic attraction; magnetic force; magnetism (attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Antonym:
repulsive (possessing the ability to repel)
