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

But the heart of this action-comedy that’s really a high-concept girlfriend movie is Ginger Minj and Jujubee, their characterizations in perfect sync, their rapport endearing and their triumph-of-the-underdog arc something worth rooting for. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026

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