Antonyms for magnets

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mag-nit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæg nɪt

Definition of magnets

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 German and Danish magnet, Dutch magneet, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese magnete), but it was superseded in French by aimant.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 :

It may possibly have come to your ears that magnets attract steel.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

Tell him we're coming up, don't let him grab us with his magnets!
Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin

He covered his desk with magnets, and mapped out their lines of force by compass.
Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams

Behind it he placed on a shelf the apparatus composed of the pendulums and magnets.
Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve

His eyes were drawn as with magnets toward the circles of flame.
Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Then he turned on enough electricity to make the magnets active.
Extract from : « The Life Radiant » by Lilian Whiting

He was shown one of the magnets, which was about six inches long!
Extract from : « The Recent Revolution in Organ Building » by George Laing Miller

Lizette and Louisa drew together like two magnets, the instant they met.
Extract from : « The Golden Dream » by R.M. Ballantyne

Books, books,—magnets to which all iron minds move insensibly.
Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

It seemed as if these tiny islands were magnets drawing all the herons in the world.
Extract from : « Edge of the Jungle » by William Beebe

Synonyms for magnets

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