Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of enchant
comparative more enchanting · superlative most enchanting
- Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
Hearing voices calling, I look down and see a crowd Drumming and they chanting in a different tongue Music so enchanting I had to go down Watching what they doing, trying to understand
2012, “Shango”, performed by Lord Nelson1 more example
"Fairytale" is an over-used word in football but there is certainly something enchanting about the Lambert story, rejected as a teenager at Liverpool and then playing at, among others, Blackpool, Rochdale, Stockport and Bristol Rovers.
2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The GuardianSynonyms: bewitching, captivating, fascinating, magical
plural enchantings
- An act of enchantment.
[…] by which the truth of the matter may the better be known of all felonies, murders, poisonings, enchantings, sorceries, magical arts, transgressions, […]
1841, Alfred Beesley, The History of Banbury, page 256Synonyms: bewitchment, ensorcellment, incantation, bewitching, bewitchment, spellcasting, enchantment, fascination
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
nounAn act of enchantment.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapturing interest as if by a spell
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian чаровен, очарователен
- чаровен (čaroven)having the ability to enchant
- очарователен (očarovatelen)having the ability to enchant
Czech okouzlující, čarovný
- okouzlujícíhaving the ability to enchant
- čarovnýhaving the ability to enchant
Danish fortryllende, henrivende
- fortryllendehaving the ability to enchant
- henrivendehaving the ability to enchant
- bedårendehaving the ability to enchant
Dutch betoverend
- betoverendhaving the ability to enchant
Esperanto ensorĉiga
- ensorĉigahaving the ability to enchant
Estonian lummav
- lummavhaving the ability to enchant
Finnish lumoava, ihastuttava
- lumoavahaving the ability to enchant
- ihastuttavahaving the ability to enchant
French enchanteur, enchanteresse
- enchanteurhaving the ability to enchant
- enchanteressehaving the ability to enchant
German bezaubernd, zauberhaft
- bezauberndhaving the ability to enchant
- zauberhafthaving the ability to enchant
Greek γοητευτικός
- γοητευτικός (goïteftikós)having the ability to enchant
Hindi लोभन
- लोभन (lobhan)having the ability to enchant
Hungarian elbűvölő
- elbűvölőhaving the ability to enchant
Icelandic heillandi
- heillandihaving the ability to enchant
Italian incantevole
- incantevolehaving the ability to enchant
Latvian burvīgs
- burvīgshaving the ability to enchant
Māori whakatautau
- whakatautauhaving the ability to enchant
Norwegian Bokmål fortrylle
- fortryllehaving the ability to enchant
Portuguese encantador
- encantadorhaving the ability to enchant
Romanian încântător, încântătoare
- încântătorhaving the ability to enchant
- încântătoarehaving the ability to enchant
- încântanthaving the ability to enchant
Russian очарова́тельный, обворожи́тельный
- очарова́тельный (očarovátelʹnyj)having the ability to enchant
- обворожи́тельный (obvorožítelʹnyj)having the ability to enchant
Spanish encantador, hechicero
- encantadorhaving the ability to enchant
- hechicerohaving the ability to enchant
Turkish büyüleyici
- büyüleyicihaving the ability to enchant
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with enchanting
All rhymes →Cite this entry
enchanting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enchanting
“enchanting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enchanting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enchanting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enchanting.
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