All captivation synonyms
capΒ·tiΒ·vate
C c noun captivation
- attraction β An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- concentration β Concentration on something involves giving all your attention to it.
- attractiveness β providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- allure β to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- appeal β If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
- interest β the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- in-thrall β to captivate or charm: a performer whose grace, skill, and virtuosity enthrall her audiences.
- immersion β an act or instance of immersing.
- hang-up β a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; complex: His hang-up is trying to outdo his brother.
- fascination β the power or action of fascinating.
- involvement β to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- holding β an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip: Take hold. Do you have a hold on the rope?
- occupation β a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- preoccupation β the state of being preoccupied.
- intentness β firmly or steadfastly fixed or directed, as the eyes or mind: an intent gaze.
- bait β Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- draw β 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).
- tendency β a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
- gravitation β Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- temptation β the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- come-on β inducement; lure.
- seduction β an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- allurement β fascination; charm.
- inducement β the act of inducing.
- inclination β a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- lure β anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- magnetism β the properties of attraction possessed by magnets; the molecular properties common to magnets.
- charm β Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
- pull β pull media
- invitation β the act of inviting.
- solicitation β the act of soliciting.
- it β sweet vermouth: gin and it.
- chemistry β Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- courting β Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- adherent β An adherent is someone who holds a particular belief or supports a particular person or group.
- prize β leverage.
- follower β a person or thing that follows.
- fan β an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
- admirer β If you are an admirer of someone, you like and respect them or their work very much.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- worshiper β reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- supporter β a person or thing that supports.
- acquisition β If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- rapture β ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- attraction β An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- happiness β the quality or state of being happy.
- amusement β Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
- distraction β the act of distracting.
- preoccupancy β the act, right, or instance of prior occupancy.
- glamour β the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, especially by a combination of charm and good looks.