attract

attract is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
2. transitive verb. To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers.
3. noun. Attraction.
4. 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"

5. verb. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

   "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"

   "The ad pulled in many potential customers"

   Synonyms: draw, pull

6. verb. be attractive to

   "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"

   "The beautiful garden attracted many people"

   Synonyms: appeal

Synonyms

draw, pull, appeal

Common word forms

attracts, attracted, attracter, attracting, attractable

Words from these letters

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