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All captivate synonyms

cap·ti·vate
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verb captivate

  • attract — If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it.
  • grip — the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
  • gratify — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
  • dazzle — If someone or something dazzles you, you are extremely impressed by their skill, qualities, or beauty.
  • bewitch — If someone or something bewitches you, you are so attracted to them that you cannot think about anything else.
  • fascinate — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
  • seduce — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
  • mesmerize — to hypnotize.
  • please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
  • delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
  • hypnotize — to put in the hypnotic state.
  • beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
  • charm — Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
  • intrigue — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
  • infatuate — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
  • lure — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
  • win — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
  • draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
  • hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • allure — to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
  • take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • vamp — a seductive woman who uses her sensuality to exploit men.
  • spellbind — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
  • hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • magnetize — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
  • wile — a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
  • rope in — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
  • hypnotise — to put in the hypnotic state.
  • mesmerise — to hypnotize.
  • magnetise — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
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