attractive
adj/əˈtɹæktɪv/
Etymology From Middle French attractif, from Late Latin attractīvus, equivalent to attract + -ive.
1
Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
2
Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
- That's a very attractive offer.
3
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
30 terms
magnetic, beautiful, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attracting, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charming, coying, desirable, enchanting, engaging, enticing, enticive, exciting, fascinating, fetching, heart-throbbing, illecebrous, inviting, prepossessing, seducing, seductive, taking, tempting, witching, winning, winsome- Antonyms
- repulsive, ugly, unattractive, repelling, unalluring, unenticing
- Derived terms
- attractively, attractiveness, attractive nuisance, attractivity, chemoattractive, counterattractive, nonattractive, superattractive
- Related terms
- beauty
- Hypernyms
- beautiful, pleasant, pleasurable
- Hyponyms
- delicious, hot, scrumptious, smoking hot, superdelicious, funalicious, sexy