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- pronunciation:
traek
tihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having qualities that attract people.
Her smile and her cheerfulness are what make her an attractive person.With its brown walls and tiny windows, the room wasn't very attractive.- synonyms:
- charming, winning
- antonyms:
- repellent
- similar words:
- agreeable, enchanting, fascinating, magnetic, nice, pretty
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| definition 2: |
able to gain the attention or admiration of others because of having nice looks.
My dad says my mom is a very attractive woman.- synonyms:
- good-looking, pretty
- antonyms:
- homely, plain, ugly, unsightly
- similar words:
- agreeable, beautiful, becoming, charming, lovely, nice, picturesque, stunning
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| related words: |
adorable, aesthetic, fair, graceful, handsome, interesting, lovable, smart |
adverb + (adj.)attractive
commercially,
enormously,
equally,
especially,
exceptionally,
extraordinarily,
extremely,
financially,
increasingly,
incredibly,
less,
moderately,
more,
most,
particularly,
physically,
politically,
reasonably,
socially,
sufficiently,
terribly,
very
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(adj.)attractive
+ noun
addition,
advertiser,
alternative,
brunette,
buy,
buyer,
candidate,
destination,
feature,
female,
financing,
foliage,
incentive,
investment,
investor,
male,
mate,
nuisance,
offer,
offering,
option,
package,
packaging,
proposition,
prospect,
target,
trait,
waitress,
woman,
yield
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| derivations: |
attractively (adv.), attractiveness (n.) |
The word attractive
contains the following parts:
at-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix at-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "t," such as "tract" and "ten, tin, tain." See ad-.
Example words:
tract
Latin
root
that means draw, pull
Example words:
abstract, attract, attraction, attractive, contract, detract, distract, extract, subtract, subtraction, tract, traction, tractor
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, activate, active, actively, activist, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, exclusive, expensive, fugitive, imperative, infinitive, interactive, native, objective, productive, protective, relative
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