Synonyms for interesting
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Intriguing — arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone
intriguing, fascinating, engaging, compelling, attractive, engrossing, absorbing, gripping, riveting
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
Cricket is not interesting to watch.
Related words
- Word family
- interestingness
- Phrases
- interesting condition interesting situation
From weakest to strongest
From the opposite of interesting, on the left, to its strongest synonyms, on the right.
Example sentences
- fascinating It was a fascinating story, and he told it well.
- engaging Hers was an engaging, emotional and intense story.
- compelling Fashion is a compelling subject for documentaries.
- intriguing What's the most intriguing local legend you've heard?
- entertaining I think a movie is more entertaining than any book.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| interesting | steady | |
| fascinating | rising | |
| engaging | rising | |
| compelling | rising | |
| intriguing | rising | |
| entertaining | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- engaging3, gripping2, riveting3
- 9 letters
- absorbing3
- 10 letters
- attractive3, compelling3, intriguing3, engrossing3
- 11 letters
- fascinating4
- 12 letters
- entertaining4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (engaging3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intéressant
- Italiano
- interessante
- Deutsch
- interessant
- Català
- interessant