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Noun: attraction  u'trak-shun
  1. The force by which one object attracts another
    - attractive force
     
  2. An entertainment that is offered to the public
     
  3. The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
    "her personality held a strange attraction for him";
    - attractiveness
     
  4. A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
    "flowers are an attraction for bees";
    - attractor, attracter, attractive feature, magnet
     
  5. An entertainer who attracts large audiences
    "he was the biggest attraction they had";
    - drawing card, draw, attractor, attracter

Derived forms: attractions

Type of: characteristic, entertainer, feature, force, quality, show

Antonym: repulsion

Encyclopedia: Attraction