It seems interesting to me.
Source: tatoeba (1423)
Interesting
//ˈɪntɹəstɪŋ//
Synonyms for "interesting" (84 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (42)
How these synonyms differ
- captivating - 'Captivating' means your attention has been taken captive. You didn't choose to stay interested, the thing itself held you.
- compelling - 'Compelling' means you feel driven to pay attention, it's interest that demands your engagement rather than politely requesting it.
- engaging - 'Engaging' emphasizes sustained attention, an engaging book keeps you turning pages, while an interesting one might just catch your eye.
- fascinating - 'Fascinating' is interest that won't let go, you can't look away or stop thinking about it. Stronger and more consuming than merely interesting.
- intriguing - 'Intriguing' implies mystery, something interesting because it raises questions you want answered. It pulls you forward.
Related word relations
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
135 translations across 88 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- interesant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Arabic
4 entries- بِسلّي adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- بِسلّي adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- ممتع adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- ممتع adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Armenian
1 entries- հետաքրքիր adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Asturian
1 entries- interesante adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- maraqlı adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡыҙыҡ adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Basque
1 entries- interesgarri adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Belarusian
1 entries- ціка́вы adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Bengali
1 entries- জবর adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Bulgarian
1 entries- интере́сен adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Burmese
1 entries- စိတ်ဝင်စားဖွယ် adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Catalan
1 entries- interessant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Chinese
2 entries- 有局 adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- 趣味 adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 得意 adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 有意思 adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- 有趣 adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- acayip adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Czech
1 entries- zajímavý adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Danish
2 entries- interessant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- spændende adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Dutch
2 entries- belangwekkend adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- interessant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Esperanto
1 entries- interesa adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Estonian
1 entries- huvitav adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Faroese
1 entries- áhugaverdur adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Finnish
3 entries- kiinnostava adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- kiintoisa adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- mielenkiintoinen adj (arousing or holding the attention)
French
1 entries- intéressant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Galician
1 entries- interesante adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Georgian
1 entries- საინტერესო adj (arousing or holding the attention)
German
2 entries- interessant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- reizvoll adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Greek
1 entries- ενδιαφέρων adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 生趣 adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Hebrew
1 entries- מעניין \ מְעַנְיֵן adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Hindi
3 entries- दिलचस्प adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- रुचिकर adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- रोचक adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Hungarian
1 entries- érdekes adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Icelandic
2 entries- athyglisverður adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- áhugaverður adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Ido
2 entries- interesanta adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- interesiva adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Indonesian
1 entries- menarik adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Ingrian
1 entries- interesnoi adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Interlingua
1 entries- interessante adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Irish
2 entries- spéisiúil adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- suimiúil adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Italian
1 entries- interessante adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Japanese
2 entries- 興味深い adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- 面白い adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Kazakh
2 entries- қызық adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- қызықты adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Khmer
1 entries- គួរឱ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍ adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Korean
3 entries- 관심있는 adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- 재미있다 adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- 흥미롭다 adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- кызык adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- кызыкты adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Lao
2 entries- ໜ້າສົນ adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- ໜ້າສົນໃຈ adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Latin
2 entries- iūcundus adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- teneō adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Latvian
1 entries- interesants adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Lithuanian
1 entries- įdomus adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Macedonian
2 entries- занимлив adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- интересен adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Malay
1 entries- menarik adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠠᠮᡨᠠᠩᡤᠠ adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Manx
1 entries- symoil adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Mongolian
1 entries- сонирхолтой adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Māori
1 entries- whakamere adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Norman
1 entries- întéthêssant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Northern Thai
2 entries- ᨶ᩵ᩣᩈᩫ᩠ᨶ adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- ᨶ᩵ᩣᩈᩫ᩠ᨶᨧᩲ adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- interessant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- interessant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Occitan
1 entries- interessant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Persian
1 entries- جالب adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- intressaunt adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Polish
2 entries- ciekawy adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- interesujący adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Portuguese
1 entries- interessante adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Romanian
1 entries- interesant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Russian
2 entries- заня́тный adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- интере́сный adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Sanskrit
1 entries- रोचक adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- inntinneach adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- interesàntan adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- zanìmljiv adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- занѝмљив adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- интереса̀нтан adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Slovak
1 entries- zaujímavý adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Slovene
1 entries- zanimiv adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Spanish
2 entries- interesante adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- que tiene interés adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Swedish
1 entries- intressant adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Tajik
4 entries- завқовар adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- шавқовар adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- ҳавасовар adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- ҷолиб adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Tatar
1 entries- кызык adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Telugu
1 entries- ఆసక్తికరమైన adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Thai
2 entries- น่าสน adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- น่าสนใจ adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Turkish
3 entries- enteresan adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- ilginç adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- merak uyandıran adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Turkmen
1 entries- gyzykly adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Udmurt
2 entries- интересной adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- тунсыко adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ціка́вий adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Urdu
2 entries- دلچسپ adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- روچک adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Uzbek
2 entries- qiziq adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- qiziqarli adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Veps
1 entries- melentartuine adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hay adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- thú vị adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Volapük
1 entries- nitedik adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Welsh
1 entries- diddorol adj (arousing or holding the attention)
West-Frisian
1 entries- nijsgjirrich adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Yiddish
2 entries- אינטערעסאַנט adj (arousing or holding the attention)
- טשיקאַווע adj (arousing or holding the attention)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
"This looks pretty interesting," Hiroshi says.
Source: tatoeba (1514)
It is said that "Hamlet" is the most interesting play ever written.
Source: tatoeba (1592)
I find foreign languages very interesting.
Source: tatoeba (1801)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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