attract | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: draw, draw in, pull, pull in |
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(verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | - |
(verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: appeal |
attractable | (adjective) capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet | - |
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attracter | (noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attraction, attractive feature, attractor, magnet |
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(noun) (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system | Synonyms: attractor |
(noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attraction, attractor, draw, drawing card |
attraction | (noun) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | Synonyms: attractiveness |
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(noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attracter, attractive feature, attractor, magnet |
(noun) an entertainment that is offered to the public | - |
(noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attracter, attractor, draw, drawing card |
(noun) the force by which one object attracts another | Synonyms: attractive force |
attractive | (adjective) pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm | - |
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(adjective) having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull | - |
(adjective) having power to arouse interest | - |
attractively | (adverb) in a beautiful manner | Synonyms: beautifully |
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attractiveness | (noun) sexual allure | - |
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(noun) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | Synonyms: attraction |
attractor | (noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, attractive feature, magnet |
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(noun) (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system | Synonyms: attracter |
(noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, draw, drawing card |
attributable | (adjective) capable of being attributed | - |
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attribute | (noun) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | - |
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(noun) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | Synonyms: dimension, property |
(verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, assign, impute |
(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: assign |
attribution | (noun) assigning to a cause or source | Synonyms: ascription |
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(noun) assigning some quality or character to a person or thing | Synonyms: ascription |
attributive | (adjective) of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify | Synonyms: prenominal |
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attributively | (adverb) in an attributive manner | - |
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attrited | (adjective) worn by rubbing or friction | - |
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attrition | (noun) the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction | - |
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(noun) a wearing down to weaken or destroy | - |
(noun) sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation | Synonyms: contriteness, contrition |
(noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: abrasion, detrition, grinding |
(noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: abrasion, corrasion, detrition |
attritional | (adjective) relating to or caused by attrition | - |
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chemoattractant | (noun) a substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. | - |
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counterattraction | (noun) a rival attraction | - |
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mattress | (noun) a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed | - |
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quattrocento | (noun) the 15th century in Italian art and literature | - |
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rattrap | (noun) a trap for catching rats | - |
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(noun) filthy run-down dilapidated housing | - |
(noun) a difficult entangling situation | - |
reattribute | (verb) attribute to another source | - |
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unattractive | (adjective) lacking beauty or charm | - |
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(adjective) lacking power to arouse interest | - |
(adjective) not appealing to the senses | Synonyms: untempting |
unattractively | (adverb) in an unattractive manner | - |
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unattractiveness | (noun) an ugliness of appearance that is not appealing to viewers | - |
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unattributable | (adjective) not attributable | Synonyms: unascribable |
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