| attraction | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. attraction, attractive force | the force by which one object attracts another. |
| ~ affinity | (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody. |
| ~ bond, chemical bond | an electrical force linking atoms. |
| ~ force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.; "force equals mass times acceleration" |
| ~ gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity | (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface.; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love" |
| ~ magnetic attraction, magnetic force, magnetism | attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force. |
| ~ van der waal's forces | relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles. |
| n. (communication) | 2. attraction | an entertainment that is offered to the public. |
| ~ travelog, travelogue | a film or illustrated lecture on traveling. |
| ~ counterattraction | a rival attraction. |
| ~ show | a social event involving a public performance or entertainment.; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. attraction, attractiveness | the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts.; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" |
| ~ affinity | a natural attraction or feeling of kinship.; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam" |
| ~ allure, temptingness, allurement | the power to entice or attract through personal charm. |
| ~ binding | the capacity to attract and hold something. |
| ~ drawing power | the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters). |
| ~ fascination | the capacity to attract intense interest.; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations" |
| ~ lure, come-on, enticement | qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward. |
| ~ sexual attraction | attractiveness on the basis of sexual desire. |
| ~ show-stopper, showstopper | something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal.; "she has a show-stopper of a smile"; "the brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a showstopper" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. attracter, attraction, attractive feature, attractor, magnet | a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts.; "flowers are an attractor for bees" |
| ~ characteristic, feature | a prominent attribute or aspect of something.; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" |
| ~ attention | a general interest that leads people to want to know more.; "She was the center of attention" |
| ~ tourist attraction | a characteristic that attracts tourists. |
| n. (person) | 5. attracter, attraction, attractor, draw, drawing card | an entertainer who attracts large audiences.; "he was the biggest drawing card they had" |
| ~ entertainer | a person who tries to please or amuse. |
| charm | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. appeal, appealingness, charm | attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates.; "his smile was part of his appeal to her" |
| ~ attractiveness | sexual allure. |
| ~ siren call, siren song | the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous.; "he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness" |
| ~ winsomeness | childlike charm or appeal. |
| n. (communication) | 2. charm, magic spell, magical spell, spell | a verbal formula believed to have magical force.; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" |
| ~ oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, language, speech | (language) communication by word of mouth.; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" |
| ~ conjuration, incantation | a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect. |
| ~ hex, jinx, whammy, curse | an evil spell.; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. charm, good luck charm | something believed to bring good luck. |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| ~ amulet, talisman | a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease. |
| ~ fetich, voodoo, fetish, juju, hoodoo | a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. charm | (physics) one of the six flavors of quark. |
| ~ flavour, flavor | (physics) the six kinds of quarks. |
| ~ high-energy physics, high energy physics, particle physics | the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions. |
| v. (emotion) | 5. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance | attract; cause to be enamored.; "She captured all the men's hearts" |
| ~ hold | hold the attention of.; "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound" |
| ~ attract, appeal | be attractive to.; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" |
| ~ work | gratify and charm, usually in order to influence.; "the political candidate worked the crowds" |
| v. (social) | 6. becharm, charm | control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft. |
| ~ glamour, hex, jinx, witch, bewitch, enchant | cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something. |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| v. (competition) | 7. charm | protect through supernatural powers or charms. |
| ~ protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" |
| v. (communication) | 8. charm, influence, tempt | induce into action by using one's charm.; "She charmed him into giving her all his money" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| ~ magnetise, mesmerise, mesmerize, bewitch, magnetize, spellbind | attract strongly, as if with a magnet.; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" |
| convert | | |
| n. (person) | 1. convert | a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ converso | (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion. |
| ~ proselyte | a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism. |
| v. (change) | 2. change over, convert | change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy.; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ transduce | cause transduction (of energy forms). |
| ~ metricate, metricise, metricize, metrify | convert from a non-metric to the metric system. |
| ~ decimalise, decimalize | change to the decimal system.; "The country decimalized the currency in 1975" |
| ~ float | convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation.; "float data" |
| v. (change) | 3. convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
| ~ caramelise, caramelize | convert to caramel. |
| ~ rasterize | convert (an image) into pixels. |
| ~ convert | change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change.; "The substance converts to an acid" |
| ~ humify | convert (plant remains) into humus. |
| ~ verbalise, verbalize | convert into a verb.; "many English nouns have become verbalized" |
| ~ sporulate | convert into spores. |
| ~ novelise, novelize, fictionalise, fictionalize | convert into the form or the style of a novel.; "The author novelized the historical event" |
| ~ deaden | convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil. |
| ~ opalise, opalize | replace or convert into opal.; "opalized tree trunks" |
| ~ receive | convert into sounds or pictures.; "receive the incoming radio signals" |
| ~ reconvert | convert back.; "Hollywood is reconverting old films" |
| ~ malt | convert into malt. |
| ~ malt | convert grain into malt. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ feudalize | bring (a country or people) under feudalism. |
| ~ flour | convert grain into flour. |
| ~ reclaim | make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state.; "The people reclaimed the marshes" |
| ~ ferment, work | cause to undergo fermentation.; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" |
| ~ nitrify | convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria. |
| ~ fossilise, fossilize | convert to a fossil.; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone" |
| ~ tan | treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather. |
| ~ dress | convert into leather.; "dress the tanned skins" |
| ~ compost | convert to compost.; "compost organic debris" |
| ~ transition | cause to convert or undergo a transition.; "the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology" |
| ~ transcribe | convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA. |
| ~ scrap | make into scrap or refuse.; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts" |
| ~ keratinise, keratinize | convert into keratin. |
| ~ diazotize | convert (an amine) into a diazo compound. |
| ~ hay | convert (plant material) into hay. |
| ~ lignify | convert into wood or cause to become woody. |
| ~ mineralize | transform (a metal) into an ore. |
| ~ mineralize | convert into a mineral substance. |
| ~ ozonise, ozonize | convert (oxygen) into ozone. |
| ~ slag | convert into slag. |
| ~ sulfate | convert into a sulfate. |
| ~ cutinize | convert into cutin. |
| ~ duplex | change into a duplex. |
| ~ encode | convert information into code.; "encode pictures digitally" |
| v. (change) | 4. convert | change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief.; "She converted to Buddhism" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ convert | cause to adopt a new or different faith.; "The missionaries converted the Indian population" |
| v. (change) | 5. change, commute, convert, exchange | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
| ~ rectify | convert into direct current.; "rectify alternating current" |
| ~ utilize | convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust). |
| ~ capitalise, capitalize | convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital. |
| ~ replace | substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected).; "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" |
| ~ launder | convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones. |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| ~ break | exchange for smaller units of money.; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" |
| v. (change) | 6. convert | cause to adopt a new or different faith.; "The missionaries converted the Indian population" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ convert | change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief.; "She converted to Buddhism" |
| ~ convert | change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief.; "She converted to Buddhism" |
| ~ islamise, islamize | convert to Islam.; "The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century" |
| ~ christianise, christianize | convert to Christianity.; "missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world" |
| ~ evangelise, evangelize | convert to Christianity.; "The missionaries evangelized the Pacific Islanders" |
| ~ catholicise, catholicize, latinise, latinize | cause to adopt Catholicism. |
| ~ proselytise, proselytize | convert to another faith or religion. |
| v. (competition) | 7. convert | score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone.; "Smith converted and his team won" |
| ~ convert | score (a spare). |
| ~ rack up, score, tally, hit | gain points in a game.; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" |
| v. (competition) | 8. convert | complete successfully.; "score a penalty shot or free throw" |
| ~ convert | score (a spare). |
| ~ rack up, score, tally, hit | gain points in a game.; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" |
| v. (competition) | 9. convert | score (a spare). |
| ~ bowling | a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them. |
| ~ convert | complete successfully.; "score a penalty shot or free throw" |
| ~ convert | score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone.; "Smith converted and his team won" |
| ~ rack up, score, tally, hit | gain points in a game.; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" |
| v. (communication) | 10. convert, convince, win over | make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something.; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| ~ disarm | make less hostile; win over.; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely" |
| v. (change) | 11. commute, convert, exchange | exchange a penalty for a less severe one. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 12. convert | change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change.; "The substance converts to an acid" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ caramelise, caramelize | be converted into caramel.; "The sugar caramelized" |
| ~ convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
| ~ malt | turn into malt, become malt. |
| ~ immobilise, immobilize | convert (assets) into fixed capital. |
| ~ melanise, melanize | convert into, or infiltrate with melanin. |
| induce | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. bring on, induce | cause to arise.; "induce a crisis" |
| ~ bring forth, generate | bring into existence.; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" |
| v. (communication) | 2. cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
| ~ decide | cause to decide.; "This new development finally decided me!" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| ~ bring | induce or persuade.; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" |
| ~ solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination.; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" |
| ~ encourage | spur on.; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" |
| ~ let | actively cause something to happen.; "I let it be known that I was not interested" |
| ~ lead | cause to undertake a certain action.; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" |
| ~ instigate, prompt, inspire | serve as the inciting cause of.; "She prompted me to call my relatives" |
| ~ suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony.; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses" |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| v. (creation) | 3. hasten, induce, rush, stimulate | cause to occur rapidly.; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" |
| ~ effect, effectuate, set up | produce.; "The scientists set up a shock wave" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. induce | reason or establish by induction. |
| ~ logical system, system of logic, logic | a system of reasoning. |
| ~ conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| v. (creation) | 5. induce, induct | produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ give rise, bring about, produce | cause to happen, occur or exist.; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" |
| lure | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. come-on, enticement, lure | qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward. |
| ~ attractiveness, attraction | the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts.; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener | anything that serves as an enticement. |
| ~ enticement, temptation | something that seduces or has the quality to seduce. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. bait, decoy, lure | something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. |
| ~ chum | bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ fish lure, fisherman's lure | (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers. |
| ~ ground bait | bait scattered on the water to attract fish. |
| ~ stool pigeon | a dummy pigeon used to decoy others. |
| ~ trap | a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned. |
| v. (communication) | 4. entice, lure, tempt | provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.; "He lured me into temptation" |
| ~ snare, hook | entice and trap.; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" |
| ~ seduce | lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct.; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor" |
| ~ call | lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal.; "Call ducks" |
| ~ stool | lure with a stool, as of wild fowl. |
| ~ lead on | entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken. |
| ~ tweedle | entice through the use of music. |
| ~ provoke, stimulate | provide the needed stimulus for. |
| ~ decoy | lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy. |
| ~ bait | lure, entice, or entrap with bait. |
| recruit | | |
| n. (person) | 1. military recruit, recruit | a recently enlisted soldier. |
| ~ black and tan | an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921. |
| ~ enlisted man | a male enlisted person in the armed forces. |
| ~ raw recruit | an inexperienced and untrained recruit. |
| ~ sprog | a new military recruit. |
| ~ yard bird, yardbird | a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks. |
| n. (person) | 2. enlistee, recruit | any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces). |
| ~ fledgeling, fledgling, newbie, newcomer, entrant, freshman, neophyte, starter | any new participant in some activity. |
| v. (social) | 3. enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit | register formally as a participant or member.; "The party recruited many new members" |
| ~ muster in, draft, enlist | engage somebody to enter the army. |
| ~ unionise, unionize | recruit for a union or organize into a union.; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers" |
| ~ register | enroll to vote.; "register for an election" |
| ~ matriculate | enroll as a student. |
| ~ register | record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions. |
| v. (possession) | 4. recruit | seek to employ.; "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants" |
| ~ enlist, engage | hire for work or assistance.; "engage aid, help, services, or support" |
| v. (competition) | 5. levy, raise, recruit | cause to assemble or enlist in the military.; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" |
| ~ muster in, draft, enlist | engage somebody to enter the army. |
| becharm | | |
| induce | | |
| urge | | |
| n. (motive) | 1. impulse, urge | an instinctive motive.; "profound religious impulses" |
| ~ motivation, motive, need | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior.; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" |
| ~ abience | (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object. |
| ~ adience | (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object. |
| ~ death instinct, death wish, thanatos | (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die. |
| ~ itchy feet, wanderlust | very strong or irresistible impulse to travel. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. itch, urge | a strong restless desire.; "why this urge to travel?" |
| ~ desire | the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state. |
| v. (communication) | 3. exhort, press, urge, urge on | force or impel in an indicated direction.; "I urged him to finish his studies" |
| ~ hurry, rush | urge to an unnatural speed.; "Don't rush me, please!" |
| ~ push, bear on | press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" |
| ~ advocate, preach | speak, plead, or argue in favor of.; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" |
| ~ advise, counsel, rede | give advice to.; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" |
| v. (communication) | 4. advocate, recommend, urge | push for something.; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" |
| ~ propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| v. (communication) | 5. barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on | spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" |
| ~ cheerlead | act as a cheerleader in a sports event. |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
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