Synonyms 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.

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

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

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1. interestnoun

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

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

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1. interest, involvementnoun

   a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

   "an interest in music"

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

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   tire, bore

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

4. interestnoun

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

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

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

   Antonyms:
   tire, bore

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

8. interestverb

   excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of

   Synonyms:
   concern, matter to, worry, occupy

   Antonyms:
   bore, tire

9. concern, interest, occupy, worryverb

   be on the mind of

   "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

   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

   Antonyms:
   tire, bore

10. matter to, interestverb

    be of importance or consequence

    "This matters to me!"

    Synonyms:
    concern, matter to, worry, occupy

    Antonyms:
    tire, bore

Matched Categories

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

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1. interestverb

   Synonyms:
   concern, affect, touch, be of importance to

2. interestverb

   Synonyms:
   engage, enlist

3. interestnoun

   Synonyms:
   good, benefit, profit, weal, advantage

4. interestnoun

   Synonyms:
   share, portion, part, participation

5. interestnoun

   Synonyms:
   concern, regard, sympathy

6. interestnoun

   Synonyms:
   authority, influence

7. interestnoun

   Synonyms:
   selfishness, self-interest, private interest

8. interestnoun

   Synonyms:
   premium for the use of money, profit from money loaned

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1. interestnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   boredom, ennui, indifference, unconcern

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1. List of paraphrases for "interest":

   interests, concern, benefit, attention, sake, relevance, interesting, 'intérêt, importance, stake, self-interest, benefits, interested, focus, value, significance, τόκων, relevant, usefulness

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How to use interest in a sentence?

1. Dick Durbin:

   In case after case, he favored corporations, lawyers and the special interest elite … over workers, consumers, people of disability and victims of discrimination.

2. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Be content with 3-4% interest on your amount deposited in nationalized banks rather than be lured with fabricated success rich making stories widely spread by crook brokerage firms of stock market

3. Mariano Rajoy:

   The state may use any available judicial and political mechanism contained in the constitution and in the laws to defend the sovereignty of the Spanish people and of the general interest of Spain, those who want to divide and split Catalonia from Spain must know that they will not succeed.

4. Quincy Krosby:

   They need other parts of the business to pick up but at the very core it is about interest rates.

5. Michael McCarthy:

   While the travel ban from Europe is certainly dramatic and will help with the health aspects, it is clearly damaging economically, given the very limited nature of low interest loans to small businesses and potential tax deferrals for individuals and businesses, there isn't enough here for markets to hang their hat on.