Synonyms for interest
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Benefit — the price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction…
benefit, income, cost of money, advantage, profit, good, return, usury, premium, behalf, oker, behoof dated
Other
curiosity, part, involvement, participation, self-interest, share, business, estate, stake, right, portion, authority
Verb
1. Concern — to be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite
concern, affect, attract, excite, occupy, allure, take, consequence, hold, touch, engage, worry, import, tempt, enlist
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
- n. 2
Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
- n. 3
A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
- v. 1
To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- interests → benefits, incomes, advantages, profits…
- Past participle
- interested
e.g. interested → concerned, affected, attracted, excited…
Example sentences
- income I am by no means satisfied with my present income.
- benefit Advances in science don't always benefit humanity.
- advantage He took advantage of my ignorance and deceived me.
- participation Thank you for your work and active participation.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1, take1, part1, hold1, oker
- 5 letters
- right1, share1, touch1, worry2, stake1, tempt1, usury3
- 6 letters
- return2, income2, estate2, profit2, affect2, behalf2, regard2, engage2, import2, occupy3, enlist2, excite2, allure2, behoof
- 7 letters
- benefit3, concern2, portion2, premium3, attract2, pursuit2, pastime2
- 8 letters
- business2, sympathy3
- 9 letters
- attention3, advantage3, authority4, influence3, curiosity5
- 11 letters
- involvement3, consequence3
- 13 letters
- participation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).