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

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Wiktionary3.4 / 11 votes

  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 WordNet4.1 / 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 Contribution4.5 / 2 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 Synonymes3.8 / 4 votes

  1. interestingadjective

    Synonyms:
    engaging, attractive, pleasing, entertaining

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How to use interesting in a sentence?

  1. A. M. Rosenthal:

    It was an interesting experience being metropolitan editor of the Times , in precisely the same way as being simmered in a saucepan for a few years is terribly interesting.

  2. Josh Billings:

    Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

  3. George Brainard:

    I find pictures of people more interesting than anything else, the people at these car shows I just thought (were) really, really interesting and cool-looking, and so I wanted to capture that. Also, it was something that nobody else was doing. You know, there were a bunch of people taking pictures of the cars, but there was nobody who was really documenting the people and the culture in the way that I ended up doing.

  4. Eric Hoffer:

    The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.

  5. Gregory Peck:

    They say the bad guys are more interesting to play but there is more to it than that - playing the good guys is more challenging because it's harder to make them interesting.


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