Antonyms for interest
ˈɪn tər ɪst, -trɪstin·ter·est

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1. interestnoun

   Antonyms:
   bore, disinterest

2. interestverb

   To attract attention or concern.

   It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.

   Antonyms:
   disinterest, bore

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1. interest

   To entertain, in the sense here considered, is to engage and pleasantly occupy the attention; to amuse is to occupy the attention in an especially bright and cheerful way, often with that which excites merriment or laughter; as, he entertained us with an amusing story. To divert is to turn from serious thoughts or laborious pursuits to something that lightly and agreeably occupies the mind; one may be entertained or amused who has nothing serious or laborious from which to be diverted. To recreate, literally to re-create, is to engage mind or body in some pleasing activity that restores strength and energy for serious work. To beguile is, as it were, to cheat into cheer and comfort by something that insensibly draws thought or feeling away from pain or disquiet. We beguile a weary hour, cheer the despondent, divert the preoccupied, enliven a dull evening or company, gratify our friends' wishes, entertain, interest, please a listening audience, occupy idle time, disport ourselves when merry, recreate when worn with toil; we amuse ourselves or others with whatever pleasantly passes the time without special exertion, each according to his taste.

   Antonyms:
   annoy, bore, busy, disquiet, distract, disturb, tire, weary

   Synonyms:
   amuse, beguile, cheer, delight, disport, divert, enliven, entertain, gratify, occupy, please, recreate

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1. interestnoun

   Antonyms:
   unconcern, disconnection, repudiation, disadvantage, loss, inattention, incuriosity, indifference

   Synonyms:
   concern, business advantage, profit, attention, curiosity behalf, cause, share

Matched Categories

1. • Arouse
   • Benefit
   • Curiosity
   • Fixed Charge
   • Law
   • Power
   • Share
   • Social Group

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. interest, involvementnoun

   a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

   "an interest in music"

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

   Synonyms:
   sake, interest group, stake, affaire, affair, intimacy, interestingness, participation, involution, liaison, amour, pastime, pursuit, involvement, engagement

2. sake, interestnoun

   a reason for wanting something done

   "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"

   Antonyms:
   tire, bore

   Synonyms:
   rice beer, saki, stake, interest group, interestingness, sake, pastime, pursuit, involvement

3. interest, interestingnessnoun

   the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)

   "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room"

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

   Synonyms:
   sake, interest group, stake, interestingness, pastime, pursuit, involvement

4. interestnoun

   a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed

   "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?"

   Antonyms:
   tire, bore

   Synonyms:
   interest group, pastime, stake, involvement, interestingness, sake, pursuit

5. interest, stakenoun

   (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something

   "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

   Synonyms:
   sake, interest group, stake, wager, interestingness, post, stakes, pastime, pursuit, involvement, bet

6. interest, interest groupnoun

   (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims

   "the iron interests stepped up production"

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

   Synonyms:
   sake, interest group, stake, interestingness, pastime, pursuit, involvement

7. pastime, interest, pursuitverb

   a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)

   "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

   Synonyms:
   hobby, interest group, sideline, interestingness, pursual, following, pursuance, chase, sake, avocation, pastime, involvement, stake, by-line, quest, spare-time activity, pursuit

8. interestverb

   excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

   Synonyms:
   concern, matter to, worry, occupy

9. concern, interest, occupy, worryverb

   be on the mind of

   "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

   Antonyms:
   tire, bore

   Synonyms:
   lodge in, invade, occupy, touch, engross, care, use up, matter to, have-to doe with, worry, touch on, absorb, engage, busy, fill, come to, relate, refer, reside, take, pertain, bear on, vex, concern

10. matter to, interestverb

    be of importance or consequence

    "This matters to me!"

    Antonyms:
    tire, bore

    Synonyms:
    concern, matter to, worry, occupy

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1. interestnoun

   Antonyms:
   boredom, ennui, indifference, unconcern

   Synonyms:
   concern, share, portion, part, participation, advantage, benefit, weal, behoof, usury

How to use interest in a sentence?

1. Rahul Mody:

   There is a steady increase in interest. But it needs to be tapped properly and it will take time.

2. Donald Trump:

   You know, a lot of people were worried about real estate – try taking the mortgage interest deduction out, you’ll see what’s going to happen to real estate. You want to see a crash? Try that one.

3. Governor Elvira Nabiullina:

   We will maintain high interest rates to achieve the goal of 4 percent (inflation) if budget consolidation isn't carried out in a way that enables us to soften monetary policy.

4. Patrick Warren:

   There are consequences to what Facebook Messenger does, there are negative public interest consequences.

5. Kevin Lockhart:

   I believe there's a higher degree of uncertainty right now driven by a combination of historically low commodity prices and equity market volatility plus what happens with interest rates.

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