Synonyms for captivate
All synonyms
Verb
1. Fascinate — to attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain
fascinate, bewitch, enthrall US, enthral UK, enchant, beguile, charm, attract, allure, take, catch, seduce, capture, gratify, tempt, ravish, please, win, entrance, court, trance, attach, witch
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Definitions
- v. 1
To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
Related words
- Word family
- captivated captivating captivatrix captivation captive capture
Forms
- Past participle
- captivated
e.g. captivated → fascinated, bewitched, enthralled, enchanted…
Example sentences
- enchant You need several wizards to enchant the necklace.
- fascinate Algeria continues to fascinate many archeologists.
- bewitch I can teach you how to bewitch men.
- enslave Stefan and the demon wanted to enslave humanity.
By length
- 3 letters
- win1
- 4 letters
- take1
- 5 letters
- court1, catch1, charm1, witch1, tempt1
- 6 letters
- please1, attach2, trance1, seduce2, allure2, ravish
- 7 letters
- capture2, attract2, enslave2, enchant2, gratify3, bewitch2, beguile2, enthral2
- 8 letters
- entrance2, enthrall
- 9 letters
- fascinate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (attach2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- captiver
- Español
- absorber
- Deutsch
- absorbieren