fascinate

Definition

Examples

The old photographs fascinated visitors at the history museum.

Word Family

Synonyms

• captivateattract; cause to be enamored
• enchanthold spellbound
• intriguea crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends

Collocations

• Easy fascinate children
  to fascinate children, meaning to cause to be interested or curious
• Medium continue to fascinate tourists
  to continue to fascinate tourists, meaning to continue a certain state, condition, or activity
• Hard fascinate industry analysts
  to fascinate industry analysts, meaning to cause to be interested or curious
• Very Hard utterly fascinate venture capitalists
  describing utterly fascinate venture capitalists (completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers)