eye-catching

adjective

Visually attractive.

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flashyglossyprominentattention-grabbingconspicuousgrabbyhigh-profilesalient
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Meanings

adjectiveeye-catching (comparative more eye-catching, superlative most eye-catching)

comparative more eye-catching · superlative most eye-catching

  1. idiomaticVisually attractive.
    1 more example

    The substitute then scored again when the ball broke to him following another jagged run by Walcott, who saved his most eye-catching contribution for stoppage time, when he turned up on the left wing and scampered into the area before showing splendid composure to ignore a foul and dink the ball over Krul.

    2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian
  2. idiomaticThat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing.

    Synonyms: flashy, glossy, prominent, attention-grabbing, conspicuous, flashy, glossy, grabby

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveThat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing.

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flashyglossyprominentattention-grabbingconspicuousflashyglossygrabbyhigh-profileprominentsalient

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveseizing the attention

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attention-gettingconspicuous
Also see
attention-grabbingconspicuousflashyglossygrabbyprominentsalient

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian привлекателен, засукан
  • привлекателен (privlekatelen)visually attractive
  • засукан (zasukan)visually attractive
  • атрактивен (atraktiven)that attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
  • привлекателен (privlekatelen)that attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
Catalan vistós, cridaner
  • vistósvisually attractive
  • cridanerthat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
Danish iøjnefaldende, iøjnespringende
  • iøjnefaldendethat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
  • iøjnespringendethat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
Malay mencolok mata
  • mencolok matathat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
Norwegian Bokmål iøynefallende
  • iøynefallendethat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
Polish przyciągający wzrok, przyciągający wzrok
  • przyciągający wzrokvisually attractive
  • przyciągający wzrokthat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
Spanish vistoso, llamativo
  • vistosovisually attractive
  • llamativothat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
Swedish iögonfallande
  • iögonfallandethat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
Tagalog mainit sa mata
  • mainit sa matathat attracts the attention; attention-grabbing
Turkish çekici, göz alıcı
  • çekicivisually attractive
  • göz alıcıvisually attractive
Vietnamese bắt mắt
  • bắt mắtvisually attractive
Cite this entry
APA

eye-catching. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye-catching

MLA

“eye-catching.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye-catching. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eye-catching,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye-catching.

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