attractive
Anybody or anything that's attractive is visually pleasing or draws you in.
Being attractive has to do with attracting others, one way or another. If you're talking about a magnet, that's a literal, physical kind of attraction. For people, being attractive usually means you're beautiful or handsome enough to pull in the attention of others. But having a great personality or a good job are attractive traits, too. If someone offered to give you something valuable for a good price, you could also say, "That's an attractive offer" — meaning it's tempting.
Definitions of attractive
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pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm“a remarkably attractive young man”“an attractive personality”“attractive clothes”“a book with attractive illustrations”
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Synonyms:
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bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating
capturing interest as if by a spell
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charismatic, magnetic
possessing an extraordinary ability to attract
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cunning, cute
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
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dinky
(British informal) pretty and neat
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engaging, piquant
attracting or delighting
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fetching, taking, winning
very attractive; capturing interest
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glossy, showy
superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense
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hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding
attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
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irresistible
overpoweringly attractive
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personable
(of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality
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photogenic
looking attractive in photographs
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prepossessing
creating a favorable impression
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winsome
charming in a childlike or naive way
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beautiful
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
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inviting
attractive and tempting
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pleasing
giving pleasure and satisfaction
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seductive
tending to entice into a desired action or state
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Antonyms:
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unattractive
lacking beauty or charm
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homely, plain
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
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subfusc
devoid of brightness or appeal
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unprepossessing, unpresentable
creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
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ugly
displeasing to the senses
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uninviting
neither attractive nor tempting
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unseductive
not seductive
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bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating
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having power to arouse interest“an attractive opportunity”“the job is attractive because of the pay”
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Synonyms:
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appealing
able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
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appealing
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having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull“an attractive force”
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Antonyms:
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repulsive
possessing the ability to repel
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repulsive
Pronunciation
US
/əˈtræktɪv/
UK
/əˈtræktɪv/
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