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Adjective: attractive  u'trak-tiv
  1. Having power to arouse interest
    "an attractive opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay"
     
  2. Pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
    "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"
     
  3. (physics) having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull
    "an attractive force"

See also: appealing, attractiveness, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charismatic, cunning, cute, dinky [Brit, informal], enchanting, engaging, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glossy, hypnotic, inviting, irresistible, magnetic, magnetic attraction, magnetic force, magnetism, mesmeric, mesmerising [Brit], mesmerizing, nice-looking, personable, photogenic, piquant, pleasing, prepossessing, seductive, showy, spellbinding, taking, winning, winsome

Antonym: repulsive, unattractive

Encyclopedia: Attractive