attractive
/əˈtɹæktɪv/
attractive adjective: causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
Adjective
attractive (comparative more attractive, superlative most attractive)
- Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
- Synonyms:
- magnetic
- Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
- That's a very attractive offer.
- Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.
- He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.
- […] or I keysmash my feelings away every time there is an attractive picture of them that surfaced on the internet and since every picture is an attractive picture, let's just say my keyboard knows the pain I have to go through.2013 February, Olivia Solomon, “Idol Worship and the Life Ruiners of Ecosoc”, in Echoes, University of the Philippines, page 50
- Synonyms:
- beautiful
attractive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
attractive in Hindi
- having the quality of attracting by inherent force
- लोभन lobhan, आकर्षक ākarṣak
attractive in Tamil
- கவர்ச்சியான, கவரக் கூடிய
attractive in Marathi
- having the quality of attracting by inherent force
- आकर्षक ākarṣak
- having the power of charming
- आकर्षक ākarṣak
- pleasing or appealing to the senses
- आकर्षक ākarṣak
attractive in Urdu
- attractive, good-looking; beautiful
- قشنگ qaśaṅg
- attractive, fetching
- دلربا dilrubā
- attractive
- نظر نواز nazar-navāz, روچک rocak
- attractive; beautiful
- خجیر xajīr
More languagesFewer languages
- attractive in Bengali
- দিলরুবা dilruba
- attractive in Telugu
- ఆకర్షణీయమైన ākarṣaṇīyamaina
- attractive in Malayalam
- ആകർഷകമായ ākaṟṣakamāya
- attractive in Kannada
- ಆಕರ್ಷಕ, ಮನೋಹರವಾದ, ಬಂಧುರವಾದ, ಚಾರು
- attractive in Gujarati
- દિલરુબા dilrubā
- attractive in Odia
- ଆକର୍ଷଣୀଯ଼
- attractive in Sanskrit
- उत्कर्ष utkarṣa
- attractive in Assamese
- লৱনী lowoni, লনী loni
- attractive in Pashto
- ټوسپارۍ tuspārëy
- attractive in Tagalog
- kaakit-akit
- attractive in Arabic
- جَذَّاب jaḏḏāb
- attractive in Malay
- menarik
- attractive in Thai
- สวย sǔai, สวยงาม sŭay ngaam, น่ารัก nâa-rák, มีเสน่ห์ mee sànày
- attractive in Vietnamese
- quyến rũ
Examples of attractive in a sentence
- He made an attractive edge on the table with a router.
- Grocery stores show off their produce by placing the most attractive specimens in front.
- Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.
Synonyms of attractive
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Antonyms
Forms of attractive
| comparative | more attractive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most attractive |
Origin of attractive
From Middle French attractif, from Late Latin attractīvus, equivalent to attract + -ive.
Words formed from attractive
Phrases with attractive
Words that rhyme with attractive
- active
- inactive
- reactive
- extractive
- protractive
- abstractive
- factive
- hyperactive
- interactive
- radioactive
- subtractive
- unattractive
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Questions about attractive
- What does attractive mean?
- Attractive means causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
- What is attractive in Hindi?
- Attractive in Hindi is लोभन (lobhan), आकर्षक (ākarṣak). See Attractive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is attractive?
- Attractive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce attractive?
- Attractive is pronounced /əˈtɹæktɪv/.
Words near attractive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attractive (page history and authors); attractive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خجیر (Urdu) (page history and authors); দিলরুবা (Bengali) (page history and authors); attractive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); દિલરુબા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); attractive (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); उत्कर्ष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); লনী (Assamese) (page history and authors); ټوسپارۍ (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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