Antonyms for magnet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mag-nit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæg nɪt

Definition of magnet

Origin : mid-15c. (earlier magnes, late 14c.), from Old French magnete "magnetite, magnet, lodestone," and directly from Latin magnetum (nominative magnes) "lodestone," from Greek ho Magnes lithos "the Magnesian stone," from Magnesia, region in Thessaly where magnetized ore was obtained. Figurative use from 1650s. It has spread from Latin to most Western European languages (cf. German and Danish magnet, Dutch magneet, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese magnete), but it was superseded in French by aimant. Also cf. magnesia. Chick magnet attested from 1989.

As in lure : noun bait
As in inveiglement : noun lure

Example sentences :

That is the true ideal; a great nation ought not to be a hammer, but a magnet.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Then he saw that the magnet was fast to the side of the flier, near the stern.
Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson

No knife, no rocket pistol, no line with magnet for securing oneself to a hull.
Extract from : « Satellite System » by Horace Brown Fyfe

Solange was smiling at him, a smile that drew him like a magnet.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

We learn first to play with it academically, as the magnet was once a toy.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I hear it whispered what magnet draws you thither," he said.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

This garden, once Angermann's and made famous by Wagner, is still a magnet.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

But you said the polarity couldn't be that of a magnet; then what?
Extract from : « Disowned » by Victor Endersby

I checked and sat grinning as she came up, the magnet in her hand.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

This can be done by spinning a loop of wire between the poles of a magnet.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Synonyms for magnet

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