Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Possessing the power to charm or allure; captivating.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Bewitching; enchanting; charming; captivating: as, a most fascinating poem.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
- v. present participle of fascinate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. capable of holding the attention.
- adj. capturing interest as if by a spell.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. capable of arousing and holding the attention
- adj. capturing interest as if by a spell
Examples
“Everything about the legendary Apple co-founder resonates with the word "fascinating.”
Were Barbara's Most Fascinating People Actually Fascinating?
“In a terrific piece in today's "Washington Post" called "Team Clinton: Down and Out of Touch," Dana Milbank writes about a breakfast that was held Monday with two Clinton advisers and members of the media which she describes as a fascinating tour of an alternate universe.”
“Spock's tolerance for teasing was high, but Kirk suspected he had approached his limit in one area—lately Spock tended to avoid the word "fascinating.”
“Scheib is willing to share his experiences because he had what he calls a fascinating, fun and fulfilling career in the White House.”
“If you do this then the next morning you can have breakfast in fascinating Monterrey rather than plough on to butt-ugly Laredo. bournemouth”
“What I find fascinating is that these are -- allegedly -- grown-ups, and yet they're obsessing over crap like this like kids in grade school burning ants with a magnifying glass.”
“Also fascinating is the reaction you get from someone when you are a voice on the phone rather than when you are people meeting face to face.”
“What's fascinating is how this gap vanishes after the 2040's leaving both SS's in and outflow at just under 5% of GDP.”
Bartlett and Krugman, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“It seemed to me that her writing was maturing in fascinating ways, and I am angry and bereft that I will not be able to watch her growing from strength to strength -- and that I will never get to know her better.”
“What's fascinating is how well these elements drive the plot and characterizations.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fascinating’.
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Beautiful and Ugly
Beautiful, attractive, well-formed
Ugly, unattractive, malformedadorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beaming, beauteous, beautiful, becoming, beguiling, bewitching and 180 more...
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dream words
( randomness, open list, dreams, creativity )
words or phrases related to all things dreamy
related:
http://www.wor...phantasmagoria, illusion, imagination, slumber, sky, moon, cloud nine, lucid, fantasy, creativity, somnambulism, dreamer and 40 more...
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9-16 letter words without E
abduction, abolitionist, abomination, actuality, addiction, administration, admission, ambiguous, anticlimactic, application, arachnophobia, arthropathy and 186 more...
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terrific
tremendous, howling, rattling, radical, gorgon, awe(ful)some, pitch Seaver, wow, ohwowho, remarkedable, terrifical, stupendous and 8 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
niglets, aw, flakey, shiznit, thatch, sexy, bummers, hotty, eargasms, ratchetry, weird, fab and 593 more... -
Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 2434 more... -
The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Favorites
ostensibly, surreptitiously, seriously, apparently, vociferous, guitar, asphalt, glee, glitter, fascinating, asynchronous, cunt and 128 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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DreamieGrl's Words
integral, serendipidy, cordial, interesting, crucial, placate, superfluous, supercilious, scintillating, lush, tryst, mythical and 111 more...
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instead of "wonderful"...
A list of words that should come in handy
superb, magnificent, fabulous, awesome, terrific, excellent, amazing, awe-inspiring, lovely, incredible, superior, phenomenal and 10 more...
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conceptwriter's Words
sloth, jackass, dickhead, technostalgic, futuristic, enigma, impact, addict, nasty, premium, extraordinaire, yearning and 262 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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lauren_inretrospective's list
words I adore....
ethereal, luminiscent, etiquette, surreal, plumage, feathery, vintage, jubilee, rouge, satin, fathom, height and 101 more...
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_mark's keywords ™
words that describe me or that i am focusing on.
( personal list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/personas--2<...satirical, dark, enigmatic, androgyny, appreciative, opinionated, inquisitive, sensitive, nonchalant, acerbic, scientific, circumspective and 229 more...
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♡LOVE and things like it♡
dedicated to my man Steven, without whom i would be addicted to drugs, lying in a gutter, hating myself, or hooking somewhere :)
affectionate, amative, amatory, amiable, ammophilous, amorous, ardent, attached to, attracted to, beloved, bewitching, bitten and 404 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fascinating.

Prolagus Nice! Thanks to both of you! Nov 30, 2010
yarb I'd say something like "the activities the student will be involved in are a great advertisement for biology as a career" or "the activities will highlight or showcase the appeal of a career in biology". Nov 29, 2010
dontcry intriguing, thrilling, stimulating, exciting, gratifying, timeless, lucrative (?), Darwinian, outdoorsy... Nov 29, 2010
Prolagus Wordie help needed!
I am writing a grant proposal for a project in which high school student will take part. I want to say that the activities they will be involved in are something that can attract students into pursuing a career in biology... I'm looking for a word but it's not fascinating. Can anybody help? Nov 29, 2010