attraction

nounability to draw attention; something that draws attention

Synonyms for attraction

noun ability to draw attention; something that draws attention

Antonyms for attraction

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from French attraction, from Latin attractionem (nominative attractio) "a drawing together," noun of action from past participle stem of attrahere (see attract). Originally a medical word, "absorption by the body;" meaning "action of drawing to" is from 1540s (again medical); extended to magnetic, then figuratively to personal (c.1600) qualities. Meaning "a thing which draws a crowd, interesting or amusing exhibition" is from 1829, a sense that developed in English and soon transferred to the French equivalent of the word.

Example Sentences for attraction

You will be the only attraction at this performance, and I have only you to count on for the receipts.

A ton on some other planet, where the attraction of gravity is less, does not weigh half a ton.

The weight of a load depends upon the attraction of the earth.

The place has no attraction for me without you, and it was yours first.

The earth-house had no longer any attraction for Steenie: the bonny man was not there; he was risen!

Sometimes he had found himself wondering at the phenomenon of her attraction for him.

The gravity-plates for repulsion were those in the helmet; for attraction, those in the boot-soles.

I was not insensible to all his powers of attraction; I thought him one of the most amiable of men.

Water had no attraction for him, save as a pleasant means of taking exercise.

They contain a large quantity of honey, and so prove an attraction to bees.

attraction

Synonyms for attraction

Antonyms for attraction

allure

appeal

appeals

appreciation

attachment

attraction

Synonyms for attraction

Antonyms for attraction

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