Dictionary Definition
attraction
Noun
1 the force by which one object attracts another
[syn: attractive
force] [ant: repulsion]
2 an entertainment that is offered to the
public
3 the quality of arousing interest; being
attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a
strange attraction for him" [syn: attractiveness]
4 a characteristic that provides pleasure and
attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" [syn: attractor, attracter, attractive
feature, magnet]
5 an entertainer who attracts large audiences;
"he was the biggest drawing card they had" [syn: drawing
card, draw, attractor, attracter]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /əˈtɹæk.ʃən/, /@"tr\
Extensive Definition
In general, an attraction
draws one object towards another one. The term may have the
following specific meanings.
- In physics, attraction may refer to gravity or to the electromagnetic force.
- Attraction (emotion)
- Interpersonal attraction - the attraction between people which leads to friendships and romantic relationships.
- attraction is the process by which a relative pronoun takes on — that is, is "attracted to" — the case of its antecedent.
- Law of Attraction (New Age) (in metaphysics) posits that a mental disposition will attract equivalent external circumstances and events.
- Tourist attraction
attraction in German:
Attraktion
attraction in French:
Attraction
attraction in Italian:
Attrazione
attraction in Dutch:
Aantrekking
attraction in Japanese:
アトラクション
attraction in Simple English:
Attraction
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Circean, acceptability, accord, affinity, agacerie, agreeability, agreeable, allure, allurement, alluring, appeal, appealing, attractant, attracting, attractive, attractiveness, bait, beauteous, beautiful, beckoning, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitching, bewitchment, blandishment, bonny, cajolery, call, captivating, captivation, charisma, charm, charming, charmingness, come-hither,
come-on, comely, concord, delight, desirability, draft, draw, drawing, drawing power, drayage, enchanting, enchantment, engaging, entertainment, enthrallment, enticement, enticing, entrapment, extraction, fair, fascinating, fascination, fetching, flirtation, forbidden fruit,
glamorous, glamour, good-looking, goodly, gravitation, handsome, harmony, haulage, hauling, heaving, hook, inducement, interest, interesting, inveiglement, invitation, inviting, likability, likable, likely, lovability, lovely, lure, magnetic, magnetism, mesmeric, performance, pleasing, pleasure, prepossessing, presentation, pretty, provocative, provocativeness,
pulchritudinous,
pull, pulling, pulling power, seducement, seduction, seductive, seductiveness, sex appeal,
show, sightly, simpatico, siren, snare, snaring, sympathy, taking, tantalization, tantalizing, teasing, temptation, tempting, towage, towing, traction, tractive power,
tug-of-war, tugging,
unobjectionableness,
winning, winning ways,
winsomeness,
witchery, wooing