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Synonyms for enamor

19 synonyms
2 antonyms
1 meaning

verb
American English

Most common

charm captivate fascinate bewitch fall in love endear enamorate

All synonyms

Verb

1. Charm

charm, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, catch, capture, entrance, enchant, trance, infatuate, enrapture, beguile, seduce, tempt, allure, becharm dated

Other

fall in love, endear, enamorate

Antonyms

disenamor, disenamour

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Definitions

v. 1
To cause to be in love.

Related words

Word family: enamorate enamoration enamorment
Other spellings: enamour UK

Forms

Past participle: enamor'd
e.g. enamor'd → charmed, captivated, fascinated, bewitched…

Example sentences

charm These old buildings are what makes Algiers' charm.
captivate He knows how to captivate his audience.
fascinate Algeria continues to fascinate many archeologists.
bewitch I can teach you how to bewitch men.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
enamor		steady
charm		rising
captivate		rising
fascinate		rising
bewitch		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters: catch¹, charm¹, tempt¹
6 letters: trance¹, seduce², allure², endear²
7 letters: capture², enchant², bewitch², beguile², becharm
8 letters: entrance²
9 letters: captivate³, fascinate³, infatuate⁴, enrapture³, enamorate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (seduce² = 2 syllables).