Dictionary Definition
attractive adj
1 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" [ant: unattractive]
2 having power to arouse interest; "an attractive
opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay"
3 having the properties of a magnet; the ability
to draw or pull; "an attractive force"; "the knife hung on a
magnetic board" [syn: attractive(a),
magnetic] [ant:
repulsive(a)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From attractivus.Pronunciation
- /əˈtɹæktɪv/, /@"tr\}
French
Adjective
Extensive Definition
Attractive may refer
to:
- Physical attractiveness
- Attractive or repulsive force (physics).
- Attractive nuisance doctrine, a legal concept
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absorbing, acceptable, adductive, adorable, aesthetic, aesthetically
appealing, agreeable,
alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting, attracting, attrahent, beauteous, beautiful, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, bonny, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, comely, consuming, coquettish, delightful, desirable, dragging, drawing, elegant, enchanting, endowed with
beauty, engaging,
engrossing, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, enviable, exciting, exotic, exquisite, eye-filling,
fair, fascinating, fetching, fine, flirtatious, flowerlike, glamorous, good-looking,
graceful, gracile, gripping, handsome, heart-robbing,
heavy, holding, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, likable, lovable, lovely, luring, luxurious, magnetic, magnetized, mesmeric, mesmerizing, mouth-watering,
obsessing, obsessive, piquant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, provoquant, pulchritudinous,
pulling, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, sympathetic, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, to be desired,
toothsome, tugging, unobjectionable,
voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching, worth
having