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

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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