Dictionary Definition
fascinating adj
1 capable of arousing and holding the attention;
"a fascinating story" [syn: absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting]
2 capturing interest as if by a spell;
"bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker";
"enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of
entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
- Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
Translations
- Finnish: kiehtova, mielenkiintoinen, lumoava, hurmaava
Verb
fascinating- present participle of fascinate
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Circean, absorbing, alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting, attractive, beguiling, bewildering, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, consuming, coquettish, delectable, delightful, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enigmatic, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exceptional, exciting, exotic, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, gripping, heart-robbing,
holding, hypnotic, illusionary, illusive, illusory, incomprehensible,
inconceivable,
incredible, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious, magnetic, marvelous, mesmeric, mesmerizing, miraculous, mouth-watering,
obsessing, obsessive, outlandish, passing strange,
phenomenal, piquant, prepossessing, prodigious, provocative, provoquant, puzzling, rare, ravishing, remarkable, seducing, seductive, sensational, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, strange, striking, stupendous, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, unheard-of,
unimaginable,
unique, unprecedented, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching, wonderful, wondrous