Synonyms for winning
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Attractive
attractive, taking, fetching, sweet, captivating, engaging, pleasing, lovely, charming, inviting, enticing, delightful, winsome, alluring, bewitching, enchanting, fascinating, lovable, seductive, amiable, prepossessing
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Definitions
- adj. 1
That constitutes a win.
the winning lotto numbers
Related words
- Word family
- win winner winnings
- Phrases
- winning hazard winning streak
Choose the right word
To tempt is to endeavor to lead one wrong; to seduce is to succeed in winning one from good to ill.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- successful Do you think the campaign was successful in Italy?
- victorious Mary emerged victorious from countless tournaments.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| winning | rising | |
| prepossessing | steady | |
| successful | steady | |
| victorious | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sweet1
- 6 letters
- taking2, lovely2
- 7 letters
- lovable3, amiable4, winsome2
- 8 letters
- engaging3, charming2, inviting3, pleasing2, enticing3, fetching2, alluring3
- 9 letters
- seductive3
- 10 letters
- successful3, attractive3, delightful3, victorious4, enchanting3, bewitching
- 11 letters
- fascinating4, captivating4
- 13 letters
- prepossessing
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (taking2 = 2 syllables).