Synonyms of endearing

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adjective

in-ˈdir-iŋ 

1

as in adorable

having qualities that tend to make one loved

you have to wonder about people who don't find kittens and puppies endearing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adorable
• dear
• sweet
• beautiful
• lovable
• loved
• precious
• lovely
• charming
• darling
• attractive
• enchanting
• winning
• winsome
• disarming
• delightful
• beloved
• cherished
• appealing
• desirable
• fascinating
• lovesome
• admirable
• alluring
• likable
• cheerful
• favorite
• treasured
• engaging
• pleasant
• embraceable
• favored
• kind
• kissable
• captivating
• pleasing
• entrancing
• gracious
• nice
• affable
• friendly
• good-natured
• agreeable
• reputable
• cordial
• genial
• respectable
• fetching
• good-tempered
• well-disposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• odious
• loathsome
• detestable
• unpleasant
• hateful
• abominable
• offensive
• abhorrent
• horrible
• disagreeable
• disgusting
• distasteful
• wretched
• grotesque
• contemptible
• unlovable
• repulsive
• unloved
• heinous
• repugnant
• ugly
• nasty
• hideous
• lousy
• monstrous
• frightful
• unattractive
• awful
• repellent
• unlikable
• vile
• obnoxious
• appalling
• shocking
• dreadful
• unsightly
• obscene
• scandalous
• revolting
• sickening
• horrid
• foul
• horrendous
• ogreish
• ill-favored
• nauseating
• noisome

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as in charming

likely or intended to win one's affection

his impish sense of humor is one of his more endearing traits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• charming
• adorable
• ingratiating
• affecting
• winning
• lovable
• likable
• insinuating
• winsome
• disarming
• touching
• poignant
• effusive
• deferential
• obsequious
• servile
• sycophantic
• flattering
• saccharine
• oleaginous
• sugary
• soapy
• adulatory
• unctuous
• groveling
• fulsome
• drooling
• slobbering
• kowtowing
• slavering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alienating
• repulsive
• displeasing
• repugnant
• unendearing
• arrogant
• uningratiating
• proud
• insolent
• haughty
• disaffecting
• disdainful
• scornful

endearing

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verb

present participle of endear

as in massaging

to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)

They endeared themselves to the whole town.

Related Words

• massaging
• ingratiating
• commending
• complimenting
• coaxing
• congratulating
• praising
• stroking
• worshipping
• flattering
• fawning
• cajoling
• wheedling
• sucking (up to)
• overpraising
• applauding
• puffing
• buttering up
• toadying
• kowtowing
• sweet-talking
• blandishing
• honeying
• belauding
• idolizing
• extolling
• eulogizing
• adulating
• hero-worshipping
• lauding
• wooing
• blarneying
• soft-soaping
• felicitating
• romancing
• gushing
• courting
• slavering
• slobbering
• drooling

Dissimilar Words

• disparaging
• belittling
• depreciating
• putting down
• decrying
• bad-mouthing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of endearing

Adjective

He was quietly spoken, had some very endearing habits. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026

With its loose ends and digressions, Dream Me a Dream stays true to those idiosyncratic instincts while retaining enough of the welcoming glow of Dance of Love to make this an affecting farewell from an endearing eccentric. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026

Verb

John’s girlfriend was tedious and infuriating, in ways both like and unlike John, but Maggie had yet to find the parts that were supposed to be endearing. — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026

At first, this relatability makes the otherwise insufferable Underground Man come across as comical, even endearing. — Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026