Words Like INTEREST

We have put together a list of words that are similar to INTEREST.

51 Alternative Words Similar to interest

1 Involvement Noun      Synonym Words Like Involvement
3 Stake Noun      Synonym Words Like Stake
4 Benefit Noun      Synonym Words Like Benefit
5 Diversion Noun      Synonym Words Like Diversion
6 Part Noun      Synonym Words Like Part
7 Percentage Noun      Synonym Words Like Percentage
8 Portion Noun      Synonym Words Like Portion
9 Power Noun      Synonym Words Like Power
10 Powerfulness Noun      Synonym Words Like Powerfulness
11 Recreation Noun      Synonym Words Like Recreation
12 Share Noun      Synonym Words Like Share
13 Welfare Noun      Synonym Words Like Welfare
14 Wonder Noun      Synonym Words Like Wonder
15 Concern Verb      Synonym Words Like Concern
16 Occupy Verb      Synonym Words Like Occupy
17 Worry Verb      Synonym Words Like Worry
18 Arouse Verb      Synonym Words Like Arouse
19 Elicit Verb      Synonym Words Like Elicit
20 Enkindle Verb      Synonym Words Like Enkindle
21 Evoke Verb      Synonym Words Like Evoke
22 Fire Verb      Synonym Words Like Fire
23 Kindle Verb      Synonym Words Like Kindle
24 Pertain Verb      Synonym Words Like Pertain
25 Provoke Verb      Synonym Words Like Provoke
26 Raise Verb      Synonym Words Like Raise
27 Refer Verb      Synonym Words Like Refer
28 Relate Verb      Synonym Words Like Relate
29 Touch Verb      Synonym Words Like Touch
30 Affect Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Affect
31 Excite Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Excite
32 Profit Noun      Synonym Words Like Profit
33 Colour Noun      Hyponym Words Like Colour
34 Topicality Noun      Hyponym
35 Charisma Noun      Hyponym
36 News Noun      Hyponym Words Like News
37 Color Noun      Hyponym Words Like Color
38 Newsworthiness Noun      Hyponym Words Like Newsworthiness
39 Shrillness Noun      Hyponym Words Like Shrillness
40 Fee Noun      Hyponym Words Like Fee
41 Right Noun      Hyponym Words Like Right
42 Grubstake Noun      Hyponym
43 Intrigue Verb      Hyponym Words Like Intrigue
44 Fascinate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Fascinate
45 Spellbind Verb      Hyponym Words Like Spellbind
46 Transfix Verb      Hyponym Words Like Transfix
47 Absorb Verb      Hyponym Words Like Absorb
48 Engage Verb      Hyponym Words Like Engage
49 Engross Verb      Hyponym Words Like Engross
50 Grip Verb      Hyponym Words Like Grip
51 Behalf Noun      Hyponym Words Like Behalf

10 examples of interest

1 the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
2 an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
3 interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars
4 the iron interest; the cotton interest.
5 primary colors can add interest to a room
6 a stake in the company's future
7 his main pastime is gambling
8 they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits
9 he counts reading among his interests
10 in the common interest

10 definitions of interest

1 To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing
2 To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
3 To cause or permit to share.
4 Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern; a desire to learn more about a topic or engage often in an activity.
5 Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part
6 Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
7 A fee paid for the use of money; a fee paid for a loan; -- usually reckoned as a percentage.
8 Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
9 The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively
10 the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
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