Interesting Definition and Examples

Meaning of Interesting: Something or someone that attracts the attention of another and stirs curiosity.

Examples:

• “That intricate design we saw at the boutique looked really interesting. I wonder how it was made.”
• “That was one of the most interesting movies I have seen in a while. I still can’t get over that plot twist!”
• “He passed on any interesting snippets of information he could glean from his colleagues.”

Other Words for Interesting

Frequently used synonyms for “interesting”.

• Fascinating
• Striking
• Intriguing
• Amusing
• Entertaining
• Gripping
• Compelling
• Engaging
• Absorbing
• Diverting
• Newsworthy
• Engrossing
• Enthralling
• Riveting
• Captivating

Big list of different words to use instead of “interesting”.

• Absorbing
• Active
• Adorable
• Agreeable
• Alluring
• Amazing
• Amused
• Amusing
• Animating
• Anodyne
• Appealing
• Arousing
• Arresting
• Astonishing
• Attracting
• Attractive
• Awesome
• Beautiful
• Beguiling
• Bewitching
• Breathtaking
• Bright
• Brilliant
• Captivating
• Catching
• Catchy
• Charismatic
• Charming
• Colorful
• Colourful
• Comely
• Comical
• Compelling
• Concerning
• Consuming
• Cool
• Crucial
• Curious
• Cute
• Dazzling
• Deep
• Deeply engaging
• Delicious
• Delightful
• Diverting
• Divine
• Dramatic
• Dreadful
• Droll
• Electrifying
• Elegant
• Enchanting
• Energizing
• Engaging
• Engrossing
• Enjoyable
• Enlivening
• Entertaining
• Enthralling
• Enticing
• Entrancing
• Enveloping
• Eventful
• Exceptional
• Exciting
• Exhilarating
• Exquisite
• Extraordinary
• Eye-catching
• Eye-opening
• Eye-popping
• Fabulous
• Facetious
• Fantastic
• Fascinating
• Fetching
• Fine
• Flashy
• Fun
• Funny
• Galvanizing
• Glamorous
• Glorious
• Good
• Gorgeous
• Graceful
• Grand
• Gratifying
• Great
• Gripping
• Groovy
• Hot
• Humorous
• Hypnotic
• Hypnotizing
• Imaginative
• Impressive
• Inquisitive
• Inspiring
• Interested
• Intoxicating
• Intriguing
• Invigorating
• Inviting
• Involving
• Irresistible
• Lively
• Lovely
• Lurid
• Luscious
• Luxuriant
• Magnetic
• Magnificent
• Marvelous
• Meaty
• Mesmeric
• Mesmerizing
• Mind-blowing
• Monumental
• Moving
• Narcotic
• Next
• Nice
• Notable
• Noteworthy
• Occupying
• Original
• Overwhelming
• Picturesque
• Piquant
• Pleasant
• Pleasing
• Pleasurable
• Poignant
• Possessing
• Prepossessing
• Prettily
• Pretty
• Previous
• Provocative
• Radiant
• Ravishing
• Readable
• Realistic
• Recommendable
• Remarkable
• Rich
• Rip-roaring
• Riveting
• Rousing
• Satisfying
• Seductive
• Sensational
• Serious
• Sexy
• Showy
• Side-splitting
• Signal
• Significant
• Siren
• Soothing
• Sparkling
• Spectacular
• Spellbinding
• Spine-tingling
• Splashy
• Standout
• Statuesque
• Stimulating
• Stirring
• Strange
• Striking
• Stunning
• Sublime
• Suspenseful
• Sweet
• Tantalizing
• Tasty
• Teasing
• Tempting
• Thought-provoking
• Thrilling
• Touching
• Trance-inducing
• Understandable
• Unique
• Unusual
• Useful
• Vivid
• Weird
• Welcome
• Whimsical
• Winning
• Winsome
• Witty
• Wondered
• Wonderful
• Wondering
• Worthwhile
• Worthy of note

Interesting Synonyms with Examples

• Fascinating

For example: That’s a fascinating question.

• Striking

For example: She was tall and very striking.

• Intriguing

For example: I found the story rather intriguing.

• Amusing

For example: She writes very amusing letters.

• Entertaining

For example: I found the talk very entertaining.

• Gripping

For example: His books are always so gripping.

• Compelling

For example: His life makes a compelling story.

• Engaging

For example: Dury is convivial and engaging.

• Absorbing

For example: “Two Sisters” is an absorbing read.

• Diverting

For example: It was a diverting programme.

• Newsworthy

For example: Nothing very newsworthy happened last week.

• Engrossing

For example: He told us an engrossing story.

• Enthralling

For example: His thrillers make enthralling reading.

• Riveting

For example: It was a riveting story.

• Captivating

For example: He found her captivating.

More interesting examples with the word “interesting”

• “It’s an interesting job. The only snag is that it’s not very well paid.”
• “Our guide gave us some interesting tidbits about the history of the castle.”
• “I had a lot of interesting experiences during my year in Africa.”
• “Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting.”
• “He has a lot of talent , and his work is fresh and interesting.”
• “It was interesting to be in a different environment.”
• “The apocryphal story of Columbus and the egg is very interesting.”
• ” What he said threw/cast an interesting sidelight on what had happened.”
• “Your book looks more interesting than mine: do you want to swap?”