enchanting

adjective

en·​chant·​ing in-ˈchan-tiŋ 

en-

: powerfully pleasing, appealing, or delightful : charming

enchanting music

an enchanting story

a book with enchanting illustrations

One of the most enchanting museums in London is also one of the world's most important for architectural and design drawings.

—Allison Eckardt Ledes

enchantingly adverb

an enchantingly beautiful landscape

A young woman … smiled out at us enchantingly …

—Stephanie Burgis

Synonyms of enchanting

• appealing
• charming
• charismatic
• attractive
• fascinating
• seductive

Examples of enchanting in a Sentence

visitors have long found the Highlands of Scotland to be an enchanting place

Recent Examples on the Web

Moss has its place in a yard, adding plush texture to a rock bed, or enchanting ground cover beneath a canopy of trees. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026

Odysseus even implies that his delay in getting home might have as much to do with a guilty conscience as with intervening gods or the enchanting sorceress named Calypso. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Build An Outdoor Room Speaking of outdoor rooms, open-to-the-elements structures like this one make an enchanting dining or seating area. — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026

But its insistence on seeing the birth of a nation as a dangerous endeavor requiring persistent, even arduous, generosity proves enchanting. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for enchanting

• decanting
• implanting
• replanting
• supplanting
• transplanting
• canting
• chanting
• granting
• panting
• planting
• ranting
• shantung

Kids Definition

enchanting

adjective

en·​chant·​ing

in-ˈchant-iŋ

: having great charm and attraction

enchantingly adverb