Synonyms for interesting
ˈɪn tər ə stɪŋ, -trə stɪŋ, -təˌrɛs tɪŋin·ter·est·ing

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1. interestingadjective

   Synonyms:
   absorbing

   Antonyms:
   boring, uninteresting

2. interestingadjective

   Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.

   Synonyms:
   absorbing

   Antonyms:
   uninteresting, boring

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.1 / 14 votes

1. interestingadjective

   arousing or holding the attention

   Antonyms:
   irksome, soporific, ho-hum, wearisome, ponderous, tiresome, insipid, putdownable, soporiferous, prosaic, pedestrian, deadening, slow, boring, jejune, tedious, prosy, narcotic, dull, uninteresting, earthbound

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. captivating

   capable of holding interest; fascinating; appealing

   his captivating green eyes grabbed ahold of me and seemed to never let go.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. interestingadjective

   Synonyms:
   engaging, attractive, pleasing, entertaining

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "interesting":

   exciting, attractive, worthwhile, lnteresting, interest, fascinating, intriguing, interested, valuable, useful, meaningful, noteworthy, curious, hot-button, appealing, affecting

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1. Quinn Kelly Stone:

   I matured into understanding that, that's how it was going to be, i am OK with that because it's much more interesting to me to have a real and true love, and a real and true relationship with my friends and family, than a pretend relationship with a man that doesn't have what it takes to step up.

2. David Wessel:

   It's an interesting first chapter, but I'm disappointed we don't have the rest of it.

3. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov:

   Russia made an offer about the procedure for payment by Ukraine. This proposal will be interesting and placed at the basis of regulating (the debt), we consider restructuring on the terms of commercial creditors unacceptable.

4. Jeffrey Lewis:

   The offer on Yongbyon is more interesting.

5. Douglas Davis:

   It's interesting that the banks have been under pressure, because they are really still pretty darn solid ... the banks are becoming pretty good value.