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Definition of Attractive
1. Adjective. Pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm. "A book with attractive illustrations"
Similar to: Bewitching, Captivating, Enchanting, Enthralling, Entrancing, Fascinating, Charismatic, Magnetic, Cunning, Cute, Dinky, Engaging, Piquant, Fetching, Taking, Winning, Glossy, Showy, Hypnotic, Mesmeric, Mesmerizing, Spellbinding, Irresistible, Personable, Photogenic, Prepossessing, Winsome
Also: Beautiful, Inviting, Pleasing, Seductive
Derivative terms: Attract, Attractiveness
Antonyms: Unattractive
2. Adjective. Having power to arouse interest. "The job is attractive because of the pay"
3. Adjective. Having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull. "An attractive force"
Attributes: Magnetic Attraction, Magnetic Force, Magnetism
Derivative terms: Attract
Antonyms: Repulsive
Definition of Attractive
1. a. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.
2. n. That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.
Definition of Attractive
1. Adjective. Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force. ¹
2. Adjective. Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing. ¹
3. Adjective. Pleasing or appealing to the senses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Attractive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attractive
Literary usage of Attractive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Let us suppose that the force between two particles m and m' at the distance /
is being reckoned positive when the force is attractive. ..."
2. A System of Analytic Mechanics by Benjamin Peirce (1855)
"If n== 1, the attractive force is inversely proportional to the cube of the radius
vector, and the path is a logarithmic spiral, which was proved by NEWTON. ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"The methyl group will exert upon the central carbon atom of this group an attractive
force which will differ more from that of an ethyl group than would an ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... till late at night, one could find, in the old basement laboratory, professors
and students immersed in work. More than once he had attractive calls to ..."
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