1. (noun)interest, involvement a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something Synonyms: sake, interest group, stake, affaire, affair, interest, intimacy, interestingness, participation, involution, liaison, amour, pastime, pursuit, involvement, engagement Antonyms: bore, tire
3. (noun)interest, interestingness the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) Synonyms: sake, interest group, stake, interestingness, interest, pastime, pursuit, involvement Antonyms: bore, tire
4. (noun)interest a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed Synonyms: interest group, pastime, stake, involvement, interestingness, sake, pursuit Antonyms: tire, bore
5. (noun)interest, stake (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something Synonyms: sake, interest group, stake, wager, interestingness, post, interest, stakes, pastime, pursuit, involvement, bet Antonyms: bore, tire
6. (noun)interest, interest group (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims Synonyms: sake, interest group, stake, interestingness, interest, pastime, pursuit, involvement Antonyms: bore, tire
7. (verb)pastime, interest, pursuit a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) Synonyms: hobby, interest group, sideline, interestingness, pursual, following, pursuance, chase, sake, avocation, pastime, involvement, stake, by-line, interest, quest, spare-time activity, pursuit Antonyms: bore, tire
8. (verb)interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of Synonyms: concern, matter to, worry, occupy Antonyms: bore, tire
9. (verb)concern, interest, occupy, worry be on the mind of Synonyms: lodge in, invade, occupy, touch, engross, care, use up, matter to, have-to doe with, worry, touch on, absorb, engage, busy, fill, come to, relate, refer, reside, interest, take, pertain, bear on, vex, concern Antonyms: tire, bore
10. (verb)matter to, interest be of importance or consequence Synonyms: concern, interest, matter to, worry, occupy Antonyms: tire, bore
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'interest'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. interest To entertain, in the sense here considered, is to engage and pleasantly occupy the attention; to amuse is to occupy the attention in an especially bright and cheerful way, often with that which e Synonyms: entertain, amuse, cheer, disport, enliven, interest, please, beguile, delight, divert, gratify, occupy, recreate Antonyms: annoy, bore, busy, disquiet, distract, disturb, tire, weary
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