- absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting - capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"
Antonym: uninteresting (indirect, via interesting)
- concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
--1 is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s on something
- rivet - fasten with a rivet or rivets
--2 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun rivet2, noun rivetter1, noun rivetter2, noun riveter1, noun riveter2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- rivet - hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"
--3 is one way to absorb, engross, engage, occupy
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something