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- pronunciation:
traek
tihv
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having qualities that attract people.
Her smile and her cheerfulness are what make her an attractive person.With its brown walls and tiny windows, the room wasn't very attractive.- synonyms:
- charming, winning
- antonyms:
- repellent
- similar words:
- agreeable, enchanting, fascinating, magnetic, nice, pretty
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| definition 2: |
able to gain the attention or admiration of others because of having nice looks.
My dad says my mom is a very attractive woman.- synonyms:
- good-looking, pretty
- antonyms:
- homely, plain, ugly, unsightly
- similar words:
- agreeable, beautiful, becoming, charming, lovely, nice, picturesque, stunning
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| related words: |
adorable, aesthetic, fair, graceful, handsome, interesting, lovable, smart |
| derivations: |
attractively (adv.), attractiveness (n.) |
The word attractive
contains the following parts:
at-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix at-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "t," such as "tract" and "ten, tin, tain." See ad-.
Example words:
tract
Latin
root
that means draw, pull
Example words:
abstract, attract, attraction, attractive, contract, detract, distract, extract, subtract, subtraction, tract, traction, tractor
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, activate, active, actively, activist, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, exclusive, expensive, fugitive, imperative, infinitive, interactive, native, objective, productive, protective, relative
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