Interest

//ˈɪn.tɹɛst//

Synonyms for "interest" (579 found)

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Closest matches (116)

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curiousness cut deal deal with decide demand destiny determine discount rate discrimination dispose distract diversion divert dividend dividends divine right division doing dole drag draw draw in drive droit due earnest earnings easement edge ego trip egotism embarrass emphasis employ employment enchantment encouragement end engage engagement engross engrossment enlist enmesh entangle enterprise entertainment enthrallment enthusiasm enticement entrapment equal share equitable interest equity estate ethnic group excellence excite excite interest excitement exorbitant interest extra dividend faction faculty faith fascinate fascination fate favor favoritism fetch field fillip filthy lucre fire flirtation forbidden fruit fosterage function gain gains germaneness get get to do gettings ghoulishness glamour gleaning gleanings good goodwill graspingness great cause greed gross gross interest gross profit guidance half halver have connection with heed helping high order high rank hoard hobby hold holding implicate import importance inalienable right incentive incite incitement inclination incline income individualism induce inducement inequality infect influence inquiring mind inquisitiveness inside track interest group interest in interest rate interestedness interests interim dividend intrigue inveiglement investment invitation invite involve involve in involvement issue itch for knowledge job killing

Verb(3 words)

concern court enthrill

Noun(4 words)

cost of money interest group interestingness involvement

Related words (289)

kindle labor lead leaning liaise with lifework limitation link with lively interest lookout lot lucrative interest lucre lure magnetism makings mark mass movement materiality matter

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matter of interest matter to measure meddlesomeness meed melon mental acquisitiveness merit mess minority group modicum moiety moment morbid curiosity mortgage points move movement narcissism natural right nay neat profit negative nepotism net net interest net profit no nosiness note notice occupation officiousness offshoot one-sidedness optional dividend paper profits paramountcy part parti pris partiality participation partisanism partisanship party passion patronage payment pelf penal interest percentage perk perks perquisite personal aims personal ambition personal desires personalism persuade persuasive pertain to pertinence phony dividend pickings piece pique plaque please plum point political party portion possessiveness power precedence preeminence preference preferential treatment premium prerogative prescription pressure group presumptive right pretense pretension prevail upon price price of money primacy principal principle priority privatism pro proceeding proceeds procure profit profits prompt proper claim property property right proportion prosperity provocation provoke prurience prurient interest prying pull pursuit quantum quicken quota rake off rake-off rate rate of interest ration reason for being receipts refer refer to reference regard regular dividend relate relate to relatedness relaxation relevance remoteness respect return returns revenue reward right right of entry sake scopophilia scrutiny seconding sect seducement seduction seductiveness segment self-absorption self-admiration self-advancement self-centeredness self-consideration self-containment self-devotion self-esteem self-importance self-indulgence self-interest self-interestedness self-jealousy self-occupation self-pleasing self-seeking self-serving self-solicitude self-sufficiency selfishness selfism service settlement sex appeal share side significance silent majority simple interest slice small share snare snaring special dividend special favor special interest spice splinter splinter group sponsorship stake stimulate stimulation stimulative stimulus stock stock dividend store stress strict settlement suck in suck into suction summon superiority supremacy sway sweetener sweetening sympathy take take-in talk into tangle tantalization tantalize tease tempt temptation the affirmative the negative thing thirst for knowledge tickle tie in tie in with titillate title touch touch upon transaction treat of trust tutelage undertaking undetachment undispassionateness unneutrality use usury value vested interest vested right vocal minority voyeurism wealth weight welfare well-being whet whet the appetite wing winning ways winnings winsomeness witchery wooing work world of good worth zest

Verb(5 words)

matter to occupy seduce tweedle worry

Noun(5 words)

oker pastime pursuit sake stake

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

36 entries

arouse bear on benefit cerebrate cogitate come to concern curiosity diversion elicit enkindle evoke fire fixed charge fixed cost fixed costs

Showing 16 of 36 words.

More specific

35 entries

accrued interest beneficial interest capitalized interest carried interest compound interest consumer interest controlling interest exact interest future interest human interest imputed interest insurable interest legal interest life interest love interest marine interest

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Antonyms

4 entries

bore boring disinterest

Synonyms

5 entries

concern cost of money matter to pastime sake

capable of

4 entries

accrues on annual basis compounded or increase savings balance increase wealth

causes desire

12 entries

attend class attend meeting go to performance have conversation open gift play baseball read newspaper see exhibits see particular program see people play game watch film watch tv show

coordinate

3 entries

industry syndicate trust

derived

56 entries

adverse interest adverse interest rule by-interest community interest company conflict of interest counterinterest deferred interest bond deposit interest retention tax earnings before interest and taxes executory interest expression of interest fee simple subject to executory interest hyperinterest in the interest of justice in the interest of time indication of interest

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has context

2 entries

finance law

has property

1 entries

rising higher

is a

7 entries

curiosity fee fixed charge power share situation social group

manner of

1 entries

arouse

related to

134 entries

about account account payment account statements accrued accrued money accumulating accumulating money additional additional charge additional money also amount at bank attention balance

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Translations

357 translations across 94 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

belangstelling noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)

Albanian

3 entries

gjedheshtër noun (finance: price of credit)
interes noun (finance: price of credit)
interesim noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

τόκος noun (finance: price of credit)

Arabic

2 entries

اِهْتِمَام noun (great attention and concern from someone)
فَائِدَة noun (finance: price of credit)

Armenian

4 entries

հետաքրքրություն noun (great attention and concern from someone)
հետաքրքրություն noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
շահ noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
տոկոս noun (finance: price of credit)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

faiz noun (finance: price of credit)
maraq noun (great attention and concern from someone)
maraq verb (to attract attention or concern)

Basque

1 entries

interes noun (finance: price of credit)

Belarusian

4 entries

адсо́так noun (finance: price of credit)
працэ́нт noun (finance: price of credit)
ціка́васць noun (great attention and concern from someone)
інтарэ́с noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Bengali

1 entries

সুদ noun (finance: price of credit)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

सूद noun (finance: price of credit)

Bulgarian

4 entries

интере́с noun (great attention and concern from someone)
интере́с noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
интере́с noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
ли́хва noun (finance: price of credit)

Burmese

2 entries

ဝါသနာ noun (something one is interested in)
အတိုး noun (finance: price of credit)

Catalan

4 entries

interesso noun (something one is interested in)
interès noun (finance: price of credit)
interès noun (great attention and concern from someone)
interès noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

سوو noun (finance: price of credit)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

利息 noun (finance: price of credit)
興趣 /兴趣 noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

利息 noun (finance: price of credit)
利益 noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
興趣 /兴趣 noun (great attention and concern from someone)
使……感興趣 /使……感兴趣 verb (to attract attention or concern)

Czech

4 entries

zájem noun (great attention and concern from someone)
zájem noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
zájem noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
úrok noun (finance: price of credit)

Danish

4 entries

dille noun (something one is interested in)
hobby noun (something one is interested in)
interessant noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
interesse noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Dutch

4 entries

belang noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
belangstelling noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
interesse noun (great attention and concern from someone)
interesse noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)

Esperanto

4 entries

intereso noun (great attention and concern from someone)
intereso noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
interezo noun (finance: price of credit)
interesi verb (to attract attention or concern)

Estonian

3 entries

huvi noun (great attention and concern from someone)
intress noun (finance: price of credit)
huvi äratama verb (to attract attention or concern)

Finnish

4 entries

ala noun (persons interested in any particular business or measure)
etu noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
harrastus noun (something one is interested in)
intressi noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)

French

4 entries

intérêt noun (finance: price of credit)
intérêt noun (great attention and concern from someone)
intérêt noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
intérêt noun (something one is interested in)

Galician

1 entries

xuros noun (finance: price of credit)

Georgian

1 entries

პროცენტი noun (finance: price of credit)

German

3 entries

Interesse noun (great attention and concern from someone)
Zinsen noun (finance: price of credit)
interessieren verb (to attract attention or concern)

Greek

4 entries

ενδιαφέρον noun (great attention and concern from someone)
ενδιαφέρον noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
συμφέρον noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
τόκος noun (finance: price of credit)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

enterè noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)

Hebrew

4 entries

אינטרס noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
עִנְיָן noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
עִנְיָן noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
עִנְיָן noun (something one is interested in)

Hindi

4 entries

ब्याज noun (finance: price of credit)
रुचि noun (great attention and concern from someone)
रुचि noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
रुचि noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)

Hungarian

4 entries

figyelem noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
kamat noun (finance: price of credit)
érdek noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
érdekeltség noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)

Icelandic

2 entries

vextir noun (finance: price of credit)
áhugi noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Indonesian

4 entries

bunga noun (finance: price of credit)
ketertarikan noun (great attention and concern from someone)
minat noun (great attention and concern from someone)
renten noun (finance: price of credit)

Interlingua

1 entries

interesse noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

اِهْتِمام noun (great attention and concern from someone)
بَهْرِه noun (finance: price of credit)
عَلاقِه noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Irish

4 entries

spéis noun (great attention and concern from someone)
spéis noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
suim noun (great attention and concern from someone)
suim noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)

Italian

4 entries

attenzione noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
interessamento noun (something one is interested in)
interesse noun (finance: price of credit)
interesse noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Japanese

4 entries

利子 noun (finance: price of credit)
利息 noun (finance: price of credit)
利益 noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
興味 noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Javanese

1 entries

uyahan noun (finance: price of credit)

Kazakh

4 entries

мүдде noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
пайыз noun (finance: price of credit)
процент noun (finance: price of credit)
қызығу noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Khmer

1 entries

ការប្រាក់ noun (finance: price of credit)

Korean

4 entries

관심 noun (great attention and concern from someone)
관심 noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
리식 noun (finance: price of credit)
리익 noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

кызыгуу noun (great attention and concern from someone)
пайыз noun (finance: price of credit)
процент noun (finance: price of credit)

Ladin

1 entries

fit noun (finance: price of credit)

Lao

1 entries

ດອກເບ້ຍ noun (finance: price of credit)

Latin

2 entries

faenus noun (finance: price of credit)
usura noun (finance: price of credit)

Latvian

4 entries

augļi noun (finance: price of credit)
interese noun (great attention and concern from someone)
procenti noun (finance: price of credit)
interesēt verb (to attract attention or concern)

Lithuanian

4 entries

domėjimasis noun (great attention and concern from someone)
interesas noun (great attention and concern from someone)
palūkanos noun (finance: price of credit)
procentai noun (finance: price of credit)

Low German

1 entries

Tins noun (finance: price of credit)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

zajmowaś verb (to attract attention or concern)

Macedonian

3 entries

интерес noun (finance: price of credit)
интерес noun (great attention and concern from someone)
камата noun (finance: price of credit)

Malay

4 entries

bunga noun (finance: price of credit)
faedah noun (finance: price of credit)
kepentingan noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
minat noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Malayalam

3 entries

താല്പര്യം noun (great attention and concern from someone)
താല്പര്യം noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
പലിശ noun (finance: price of credit)

Manx

1 entries

foayr noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Marathi

2 entries

व्याज noun (finance: price of credit)
स्वारस्य noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Mongolian

1 entries

хүү noun (finance: price of credit)

Māori

4 entries

aronga noun (great attention and concern from someone)
aronga noun (something one is interested in)
moni whakatupu noun (finance: price of credit)
pānga noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)

Navajo

1 entries

ínáóltąʼí noun (finance: price of credit)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

balkêşî noun (great attention and concern from someone)
balkêşî noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
entres noun (great attention and concern from someone)
entres noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

interesse noun (great attention and concern from someone)
interesse noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
rente noun (finance: price of credit)
interessere verb (to attract attention or concern)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

interesse noun (great attention and concern from someone)
interesse noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
rente noun (finance: price of credit)
interessera verb (to attract attention or concern)

Occitan

2 entries

interès noun (finance: price of credit)
interès noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

فائض noun (finance: price of credit)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Entras noun (finance: price of credit)

Polish

4 entries

interesy noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
odsetek noun (finance: price of credit)
odsetka noun (finance: price of credit)
zainteresowanie noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Portuguese

4 entries

interesse noun (great attention and concern from someone)
interesse noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
interesse noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
interesse noun (something one is interested in)

Romanian

4 entries

dobândă noun (finance: price of credit)
interes noun (great attention and concern from someone)
interes noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
interes noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)

Russian

4 entries

интере́с noun (great attention and concern from someone)
интере́с noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
интере́с noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
проце́нт noun (finance: price of credit)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

suim noun (great attention and concern from someone)
suim noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kȁmata noun (finance: price of credit)
ȉnterēs noun (finance: price of credit)
ȉnterēs noun (great attention and concern from someone)
ȉnterēs noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)

Shan

2 entries

ဢတူဝ်း noun (finance: price of credit)
ၶီႈငိုၼ်း noun (finance: price of credit)

Sicilian

1 entries

ntiressi noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Slovak

2 entries

záujem noun (great attention and concern from someone)
úrok noun (finance: price of credit)

Slovene

3 entries

interes noun (great attention and concern from someone)
obresti noun (finance: price of credit)
zanimanje noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Southern Altai

1 entries

јилбӱ noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Spanish

4 entries

aras noun (great attention and concern from someone)
aras noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
interés noun (finance: price of credit)
interés noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Swahili

1 entries

faida noun (finance: price of credit)

Swedish

4 entries

intresse noun (great attention and concern from someone)
intresse noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
ränta noun (finance: price of credit)
intressera verb (to attract attention or concern)

Tagalog

4 entries

hilig noun (something one is interested in)
interes noun (finance: price of credit)
interes noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)
kawilihan noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Tajik

3 entries

баҳра noun (finance: price of credit)
фоиз noun (finance: price of credit)
шавқ noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Tamil

4 entries

அக்கறை noun (great attention and concern from someone)
அக்கறை noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
ஆர்வம் noun (something one is interested in)
இழப்பீடு noun ((obsolete in English) compensation for injury)

Telugu

2 entries

ఆసక్తి noun (great attention and concern from someone)
వడ్డీ noun (finance: price of credit)

Thai

1 entries

ดอกเบี้ย noun (finance: price of credit)

Turkish

4 entries

faiz noun (finance: price of credit)
getiri noun (finance: price of credit)
ilgi noun (great attention and concern from someone)
çıkar noun (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking)

Turkmen

1 entries

göterim noun (finance: price of credit)

Udmurt

2 entries

интерес noun (great attention and concern from someone)
тунсык noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Ukrainian

4 entries

відсо́ток noun (finance: price of credit)
заціка́влення noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
заціка́вленість noun (attention that is given to or received from someone or something)
проце́нт noun (finance: price of credit)

Urdu

3 entries

دِلْچَسْپی noun (great attention and concern from someone)
سُود noun (finance: price of credit)
عِلاقَہ noun (great attention and concern from someone)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئۆسۈم noun (finance: price of credit)

Uzbek

2 entries

foiz noun (finance: price of credit)
protsent noun (finance: price of credit)

Vietnamese

2 entries

lãi noun (finance: price of credit)
làm... chú ý verb (to attract attention or concern)

Volapük

2 entries

nited noun (great attention and concern from someone)
nitedön verb (to attract attention or concern)

Welsh

1 entries

budd noun (finance: price of credit)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

k’abéet verb (to attract attention or concern)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.

Source: tatoeba (1907)

My interest is in the future because I'm going to spend the rest of my life there.

Source: tatoeba (2286)

I have no interest in putting my money into your dreams.

Source: tatoeba (16892)

A bank lends us money at interest.

Source: tatoeba (18418)

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