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

The story is so entertaining and juicy, but at the end of the day, this really happened. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

The Rams lost in overtime to the Buffalo Bills in what was perhaps the most entertaining game of the season on Monday Night Football. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Verb

In an interview with CNBC Sport on September 10 in Australia, Commissioner Roger Goodell emphasized the league wants stronger protections before entertaining the possibility of a tie up with the new markets. — Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

There’s at least one animal in Ben Affleck’s sixth featue as director, and that’s the elephant in the room — or lumbering around the Los Angeles locations — of this passably entertaining Netflix crime thriller. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026