interest

interest is a 8-letter English word with 19 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
2. noun. To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
3. noun. To cause or permit to share.
4. noun. Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
5. noun. Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
6. noun. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
7. noun. Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
8. noun. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
9. noun. The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.
10. noun. a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)

    "sailing is her favorite pastime"

    "his main pastime is gambling"

    Synonyms: pastime, pursuit

11. noun. a reason for wanting something done

    "for your sake"

    "died for the sake of his country"

    Synonyms: sake

12. noun. the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)

    "they said nothing of great interest"

    "primary colors can add interest to a room"

    Synonyms: interestingness

13. noun. a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

    "an interest in music"

    Synonyms: involvement

14. noun. (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims

    "the iron interests stepped up production"

15. noun. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something

    "they have interests all over the world"

    "a stake in the company's future"

    Synonyms: stake

16. noun. a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed

    "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?"

17. verb. excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
18. verb. be on the mind of

    "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

    Synonyms: concern, occupy, worry

19. verb. be of importance or consequence

    "This matters to me!"

Synonyms

pastime, pursuit, sake, interestingness, involvement, stake, concern, occupy, worry

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in interest:

insetter, interset, sternite, trientes

Common word forms

interests, interested, interester, interesting, interestless

Words from these letters

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