Meanings
comparative more engaging · superlative most engaging
- Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
I found her latest book to be a very engaging read.
Synonyms: absorbing, compelling, engrossing, enthralling, interesting
- Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
The new intern has a bright, engaging personality.
Synonyms: appealing, attractive, sweet
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of engage
plural engagings
- countableuncountableThe act of engaging with something; engagement.
If you dig deeper into the criminal engagings of Hillary Clinton, you might perhaps end up at the Clinton Foundation. Look at what the Clinton foundation actually does with its money (or doesn't do) or even worse, who has donated large sums of money.
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Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
adjectiveCharming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
antonym(s) of “that engages the attention”
antonym(s) of “charming”
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveattracting or delighting
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian интересен, привлекателен
- интересен (interesen)that engages; engrossing
- привлекателен (privlekatelen)that engages; engrossing
- мил (mil)charming
- очарователен (očarovatelen)charming
Chinese Mandarin 迷人
- 迷人 (mírén)charming
Finnish lumoava, hurmaava
- lumoavathat engages; engrossing
- hurmaavacharming
- viehättävächarming
German einnehmend
- einnehmendcharming
Māori turipū
- turipūcharming
Portuguese cativante, engajador
- cativantethat engages; engrossing
- engajadorthat engages; engrossing
Spanish implicante, involucrante
- implicantethat engages; engrossing
- involucrantethat engages; engrossing
- sugestionantethat engages; engrossing
- sugestionadorthat engages; engrossing
- enganchadorthat engages; engrossing
- simpáticocharming
- embebecedorcharming
- embelesadorcharming
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with engaging
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engaging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engaging
“engaging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engaging. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engaging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engaging.
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