Synonyms for interesting
ˈɪn tər ə stɪŋ, -trə stɪŋ, -təˌrɛs tɪŋin·ter·est·ing

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1. interestingadjective

   Synonyms:
   absorbing

   Antonyms:
   boring, uninteresting

2. interestingadjective

   Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.

   Synonyms:
   absorbing

   Antonyms:
   uninteresting, boring

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.1 / 14 votes

1. interestingadjective

   arousing or holding the attention

   Antonyms:
   irksome, soporific, ho-hum, wearisome, ponderous, tiresome, insipid, putdownable, soporiferous, prosaic, pedestrian, deadening, slow, boring, jejune, tedious, prosy, narcotic, dull, uninteresting, earthbound

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. captivating

   capable of holding interest; fascinating; appealing

   his captivating green eyes grabbed ahold of me and seemed to never let go.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. interestingadjective

   Synonyms:
   engaging, attractive, pleasing, entertaining

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "interesting":

   exciting, attractive, worthwhile, lnteresting, interest, fascinating, intriguing, interested, valuable, useful, meaningful, noteworthy, curious, hot-button, appealing, affecting

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1. H. L. Mencken:

   College football would be more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students - there would be a great increase in broken arms, legs and necks.

2. Biogen Chief Executive George Scangos:

   We continue to track companies and compounds that are interesting to us.

3. Bill Owens:

   The brandy guys have a long road to hoe, it’s definitely an interesting category. The flavors are fabulous.

4. Chief Executive Jim Collins:

   The whole vegetable-seed industry is interesting to me.

5. Courtesy Loni James:

   Maybe someone’s not going to pick up a book about Egypt or Namibia or Tunisia. But maybe they would be intrigued by my dating story, and if they happen to learn these other things about this country during that dating story, then I consider that a huge bonus, i realize Egypt maybe is n’t on everybody’s bucket list, maybe Morocco is n’t, even Namibia. When I write about these places, I hope it builds a curiosity … I hope the stories make people laugh, dream and cross oceans to meet interesting people all over.