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Synonyms for enthralling

  • adjective

Most common

exciting fascinating captivating entrancing

All synonyms

Adjective

captivating, fascinating, exciting, entrancing, enchanting, bewitching, engaging, attractive, magnetic, enticing, inviting, fetching, prepossessing

Antonyms

dreich

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    exciting and absorbing

Example sentences

  • exciting Nothing exciting ever seems to happen around here.
  • fascinating It was a fascinating story, and he told it well.
  • captivating Mary's captivating eyes made her suitors go mad.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
enthrallingrising
excitingsteady
fascinatingrising
captivatingrising
entrancingrising

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

By length

8 letters
exciting3, magnetic3, engaging3, inviting3, enticing3, fetching2
10 letters
attractive3, enchanting3, bewitching, entrancing
11 letters
fascinating4, captivating4
13 letters
prepossessing

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exciting3 = 3 syllables).