attract
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
Her good looks attract the stares of many men
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- push back antonym
- pull derivation
- pull derivation
- attractiveness derivation
- attractive feature derivation
- attraction derivation
- drawing card derivation
- pull derivation
- attractive derivation
- draw in verb group
- curl up verb group
Sense 2 verb
be attractive to
The idea of a vacation appeals to me
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- repulse antonym
- charm derivation
- attractiveness derivation
- attractive feature derivation
- attraction derivation
- attractive derivation
Sense 3 verb
exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away
the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies
Types & categories
- pull hypernym
Related & opposite
- attraction derivation
- attractivea derivation
- attractable derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | push back |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractiveness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractive feature |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attraction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drawing card |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pull |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractive |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | draw in |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | curl up |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pull |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | charm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractive feature |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attraction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | entrance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | beckon |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attraction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractivea |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pull |