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synonyms for captivation

  • concentration
  • engagement
  • engrossment
  • enthrallment
  • fascination
  • hang-up
  • holding
  • immersion
  • intentness
  • involvement
  • occupation
  • preoccupation
  • raptness
On this page you'll find 164 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to captivation, such as: concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, and hang-up.

antonyms for captivation

MOST RELEVANT
  • surrender
  • boredom
  • distraction
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          How to use captivation in a sentence

          For companies that can afford it, that hefty price tag has usually been a small price to pay for access to a hundred million captivated viewers.
          IS THE COST OF A SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL STILL WORTH IT FOR ADVERTISERS?ADAM EPSTEINFEBRUARY 5, 2021QUARTZ
          News of the kidnapping of Bobby Greenlease, and the half dozen ransom notes and 15 telephone calls to the Greenlease family that followed, “captivated the imagination of the United States” Heidenry said.
          THE LAST TIME A WOMAN WAS EXECUTED FOR A FEDERAL CRIME, A KIDNAPPING RIVETED THE NATIONSAMANTHA SCHMIDTJANUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
          What captivated Chelsea about Alula was that it was something she wished had existed when she wanted to be a better support system for her close friends who are breast cancer survivors.
          BACKED BY CHELSEA CLINTON’S VENTURE CAPITAL FUND, THIS STARTUP AIMS TO MAKE HAVING CANCER LESS LONELYRACHEL KINGJANUARY 11, 2021FORTUNE
          So the nature of that storytelling and the ability to share with others, I think, is what made The Sims captivate people for so long.
          'IT NEARLY BRINGS ME TO TEARS.' 20 YEARS ON, THE SIMS' DIEHARD FANS COULD NEVER LET GOMATTHEW GAULTMARCH 16, 2020TIME
          He still acknowledged that her beauty was the most complete; but he found in Camilla a variety that was captivation.
          CAMILLAFANNY BURNEY
          If all the varied hues of captivation her changing humor wore were but the deep practised lures of coquetry?
          THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE, VOL. I (OF II)CHARLES JAMES LEVER
          Two or three jests adapted to Andrew's palate achieved his momentary captivation.
          EVAN HARRINGTON, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH
          Art can accomplish much, but it cannot supply the inherent captivation that constitutes the puissance of Rosalind.
          THE MERRY-GO-ROUNDCARL VAN VECHTEN
          He knew that Clare Kenwardine was not the girl to attempt his captivation merely because he had shown himself susceptible.
          BRANDON OF THE ENGINEERSHAROLD BINDLOSS
          Unless, of course, its incentive had lain in consciousness of Summerlad's nave captivation.
          LINDA LEE, INCORPORATEDLOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
          SYNONYM OF THE DAY
          OCTOBER 26, 1985
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          capacitor

          WORDS RELATED TO CAPTIVATION

          • captivation
          • concentration
          • engagement
          • engrossment
          • enthrallment
          • fascination
          • hang-up
          • holding
          • immersion
          • intentness
          • involvement
          • occupation
          • preoccupation
          • raptness
          Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.