Synonyms for interesting
ˈɪn tər ə stɪŋ, -trə stɪŋ, -təˌrɛs tɪŋin·ter·est·ing

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1. interestingadjective

   Synonyms:
   absorbing

   Antonyms:
   boring, uninteresting

2. interestingadjective

   Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.

   Synonyms:
   absorbing

   Antonyms:
   uninteresting, boring

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.1 / 14 votes

1. interestingadjective

   arousing or holding the attention

   Antonyms:
   irksome, soporific, ho-hum, wearisome, ponderous, tiresome, insipid, putdownable, soporiferous, prosaic, pedestrian, deadening, slow, boring, jejune, tedious, prosy, narcotic, dull, uninteresting, earthbound

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. captivating

   capable of holding interest; fascinating; appealing

   his captivating green eyes grabbed ahold of me and seemed to never let go.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. interestingadjective

   Synonyms:
   engaging, attractive, pleasing, entertaining

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "interesting":

   exciting, attractive, worthwhile, lnteresting, interest, fascinating, intriguing, interested, valuable, useful, meaningful, noteworthy, curious, hot-button, appealing, affecting

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1. Carter Page:

   There have been various reports [about FISA documents and FBI surveillance of him], but I was so happy to hear that further confirmation is now being revealed. It shows how low the Clinton/Obama regime went to destroy our democracy and suppress dissidents who did not fully support their failed foreign policy. It will be interesting to see what comes out when the unjustified basis for those FISA requests are more fully disclosed over time, including potentially the Dodgy Dossier -- a document that clearly is false evidence, which could represent yet another potential crime.

2. Bas Losekoot:

   I find these places interesting, because this is where the personality and character and the desires that people have come up in places where the population density is very high, you really see what they're thinking in those places, and small gestures have a lot of information about what we think about ourselves and what we think of each other.

3. Prince Harry:

   Even being the person I am and knowing the type of people I’m around, I’m still nervous. Which is interesting.

4. Tara Swart:

   A hotel makes for a particularly interesting place to observe differences in mental resilience, and be able to offer suggestions as to how it might be improved, it's a unique microcosm filled with people under differing types and degrees of mental pressure, from jet lag to meetings to poor sleep.

5. Kelly Miller:

   Comets and primitive bodies in the outer solar system are really interesting because theyre thought to be leftover building blocks of the solar system, those small bodies could be incorporated into larger bodies, like Titan, and the dense, organic-rich rocky material could be found in its core.