attractive

[uh-trak-tiv]

adjective

1. providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring.

   an attractive personality.

2. arousing interest or engaging one's thought, consideration, etc.: an attractive price.

   an attractive idea;

   an attractive price.

3. having the quality of attracting.

attractive

/ əˈtræktɪv /

adjective

1. appealing to the senses or mind through beauty, form, character, etc

2. arousing interest

   an attractive opportunity

3. possessing the ability to draw or pull

   an attractive force

Other Word Forms

• attractively adverb
• attractiveness noun
• superattractive adjective
• unattractive adjective
• unattractively adverb
• unattractiveness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of attractive¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English attractif, attractive, (from Middle French at(t)ractif ), from Late Latin attractīvus “(of a medicine) having drawing power, absorptive,” derivative of attractus , “drawn, contracted,” attract, -ive

Example Sentences

That could make his closed-end fund attractive to the general investing public.

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If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.

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Amazon’s stock is also trading at a considerable discount to its Big Tech peers, making the recent price drop an attractive entry point for Amazon bulls.

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Amazon’s stock is also trading at a considerable discount to its Big Tech peers, making the recent price drop an attractive entry point for Amazon bulls.

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To be clear, this is an invented statistic with no basis in reality, which ignores the observable fact that humans find each other attractive for all sorts of different reasons.

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Related Words

• alluring 
• beautiful 
• charming 
• engaging 
• enticing 
• fair 
• glamorous 
• good-looking 
• gorgeous 
• handsome 
• interesting 
• inviting 
• lovely 
• pleasant 
• pleasing 
• tempting