All captivate synonyms
cap·ti·vate
C c 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.