Antonyms for attract
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-trakt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈtrækt |
Definition of attract
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere "to draw, pull; to attract," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + trahere "draw" (see tract (n.1)).
- Originally a medical term for the body's tendency to absorb fluids, nourishment, etc., or for a poultice treatment to "draw out" diseased matter (1560s). Of the ability of people or animals to draw others to them, it is attested from 1560s; of physical forces (magnetism, etc.), from c.1600 (implied in attraction). Related: Attracted; attracting.
- verb draw attention
- And, if we do, it is doubtful if we can attract their attention.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- There will be nothing to attract these poor children to one centre.
- Extract from : « Fire Worship (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Finally Number Thirteen cracked his long whip to attract their attention.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Whatever the motive for his masquerade, it was not to attract anything feminine.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- However little one desires to attract, one may at least wish one's hat to be straight.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- You are boasting of your merits, Sir: let merit be your boast; nothing else can attract me.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- But this daring hypothesis has ceased to attract the attention it once received.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- People like a fight, and it will attract attention to the mine.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- Should a man of quality incline to sport there was ever something to attract him.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Do you want to attract the attention of everybody on the deck?
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for attract
- allure
- appeal to
- bait
- beckon
- beguile
- bewitch
- bring
- captivate
- charm
- come on
- court
- drag
- draw
- enchant
- endear
- engage
- enthrall
- entice
- entrance
- exert influence
- fascinate
- freak out
- give the come-on
- go over big
- grab
- hook
- induce
- interest
- intrigue
- inveigle
- invite
- kill
- knock dead
- knock out
- lure
- magnetize
- make a hit with
- mousetrap
- pull
- rope in
- score
- seduce
- send
- slay
- solicit
- spellbind
- steer
- suck in
- sweep off one's feet
- tempt
- turn on
- vamp
- wile
- wow
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