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| Main Entry: |
occupying
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | engaging attention |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, attracting, concentrated upon, concerned with, drawing, engaging, engrossing, exacting, exciting, focusing, interesting, monopolizing, requiring, utilizing |
| Main Entry: | bewitching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
| Synonyms: | alluring, beautiful, captivating, charming, desirable, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, enticing, fascinating, glamorous, lovely, luring, pretty, seductive, tempting, winning, winsome |
| Main Entry: | enticing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
| Synonyms: | alluring, appealing, attracting, bewitching, captivating, charming, desirable, enchanting, engaging, fascinating, fetching, inviting, luring, siren, tempting, winning, winsome |
| Main Entry: | good-tempered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amiable |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, buddy-buddy, charming, cheerful, clubby, complaisant, congenial, cool*, copacetic, cordial, cozy, delightful, downright neighborly, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | taking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
| Synonyms: | adorable, agreeable, alluring, beautiful, beckoning, bewitching, captivating, charming, comely, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, enticing, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, hunky, interesting, inviting, looker, lovely, luring, magnetic, mesmeric, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, seductive, stunning, sweet, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, winning, winsome |
| Main Entry: | absorb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occupy complete attention |
| Synonyms: | captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet |
| Antonyms: | distract |
| Main Entry: | agree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in unison, assent with another |
| Synonyms: | accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, allow, be of the same mind, bury the hatchet, buy into, check, clinch the deal, come to terms, comply, concede, concur, consent, cut a deal, engage, give blessing, give carte blanche, give green light, give the go-ahead, go along with, grant, make a deal, okay, pass on, permit, play ball, recognize, see eye to eye, set, settle, shake on, side with, sign*, subscribe, take one up on, yes* |
| Antonyms: | contend, contradict, decline, disagree, dispute, dissent, oppose, protest, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attract, interest |
| Synonyms: | allure, beguile, captivate, catch the eye, charm, enchant, engage, entice, fascinate, intrigue, invite, please, tantalize, tempt |
| Antonyms: | disgust, turn away, turn off |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into use |
| Synonyms: | administer, assign, bring into play, bring to bear, employ, engage, execute, exercise, exploit, handle, implement, practice, utilize |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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