Synonyms of entertaining

entertaining 1 of 2

adjective

ˌen-tər-ˈtā-niŋ 

as in amusing

providing amusement or enjoyment

a list of entertaining things to do on a snow day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amusing
• fun
• enjoyable
• delightful
• exciting
• pleasurable
• funny
• nice
• pleasant
• diverting
• humorous
• satisfying
• recreational
• welcome
• happy
• merry
• hilarious
• beguiling
• ridiculous
• comical
• agreeable
• comic
• thrilling
• riotous
• jovial
• ludicrous
• farcical
• laughable
• uproarious
• stimulating
• jolly
• sunny
• droll
• gleeful
• antic
• sidesplitting
• mirthful
• risible
• jocose
• jocund
• gay
• blithesome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• tedious
• uninteresting
• tiresome
• dull
• monotonous
• tiring
• heavy
• wearisome
• weary
• flat
• ponderous
• drab
• pedestrian
• dreary
• stuffy
• humdrum
• stodgy
• leaden
• unpleasant
• wearying
• disagreeable
• distasteful
• unwelcome
• pleasureless
• jading
• uncongenial
• unpleasing
• displeasing
• unlovely

entertaining

2 of 2

verb

present participle of entertain

1

as in regaling

to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied

entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amusing
• regaling
• distracting
• interesting
• diverting
• delighting
• pleasing
• occupying
• appeasing
• engrossing
• enchanting
• captivating
• engaging
• charming
• consoling
• intriguing
• solacing
• fascinating
• comforting
• involving
• disporting
• busying
• mesmerizing
• immersing
• gratifying
• bewitching
• hypnotizing
• absorbing
• soothing
• spoiling
• beguiling
• humoring
• enthralling
• indulging
• gripping
• pampering
• pleasuring
• contenting
• placating
• obliging
• coddling
• pacifying
• propitiating
• conciliating
• mollifying
• mollycoddling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• exhausting
• tiring
• draining
• wearing
• enervating
• fatiguing
• wearying
• wearing out
• jading
• exasperating
• aggravating
• disturbing
• annoying
• harassing
• upsetting
• bothering
• vexing
• perturbing
• grating
• pestering
• bugging
• harrying
• chafing
• galling
• fretting
• nettling
• irking
• piquing
• peeving

2

as in considering

to give serious and careful thought to

have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• considering
• debating
• pondering
• contemplating
• studying
• questioning
• exploring
• weighing
• reviewing
• analyzing
• eyeing
• ruminating
• looking at
• thinking (about or over)
• deliberating
• cogitating
• meditating
• revolving
• wrestling (with)
• mulling (over)
• chewing on
• poring (over)
• perpending
• turning
• chewing over
• digesting
• kicking around
• reminiscing
• reflecting (on or upon)
• beating one's brains out (about)
• reasoning
• cudgeling one's brains (about)
• musing (upon)
• absorbing
• believing
• concluding
• opining
• speculating (about)
• dwelling (on or upon)
• fixating (on or upon)
• brooding (about or over)
• obsessing (about or over)
• assimilating
• fretting (about or over)
• conceiving
• second-guessing
• drinking (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• overlooking
• disregarding
• dismissing
• rejecting
• slighting
• pooh-poohing

3

as in having

to keep in one's mind or heart

I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• having
• holding
• retaining
• keeping
• harboring
• cultivating
• cherishing
• maintaining
• holding on to
• nursing
• remembering
• bearing
• carrying
• sustaining
• nurturing
• hanging on to
• fostering
• supporting
• preserving
• hugging
• sticking (to)
• clinging (to)
• treasuring
• cleaving (to)
• brooding (about or over)
• fixating (on or upon)
• obsessing (about or over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• forgetting
• overlooking
• neglecting
• disregarding
• denying
• dropping
• refusing
• declining
• rejecting
• repudiating
• abandoning
• discarding
• giving up
• quitting
• throwing out
• forsaking
• renouncing
• parting (with)
• disdaining
• scorning
• deserting
• abjuring
• erasing
• expunging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of entertaining

Adjective

Look, not every entertaining player needs to be signed, but Alonso is one the Mets should have gone against the numbers for. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

Neither team will suddenly abandon the entertaining style that has brought them so much success, but both Keith Andrews of Brentford and Bournemouth counterpart Marco Rose might want to consider a more measured approach when protecting a lead. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Verb

Team ownership is investing to allow executives to prioritize both entertaining the team’s current fanbase while building new roots, club president Mark Zarthar said. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Johnson has generally not been interested in entertaining questions about last season. — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026