Synonyms of entranced

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adjective

1

as in charmed

being or appearing to be under a magic spell

a striking beauty who was accustomed to having entranced and tongue-tied young suitors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• charmed
• enchanted
• magic
• magical
• possessed
• cursed
• spellbound
• fairy
• bewitched
• fascinated
• wondrous
• hypnotized
• dreamy
• miraculous
• utopian
• captivated
• mesmerized
• fantastic
• fairylike
• jinxed
• bedazzled

2

as in ecstatic

experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

the entranced look on her face as she danced at the ball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ecstatic
• enraptured
• giddy
• enthusiastic
• excited
• rapt
• thrilled
• delighted
• rapturous
• elated
• intoxicated
• exhilarated
• euphoric
• enrapt
• rhapsodic
• over the moon
• pleased
• heady
• enchanted
• triumphant
• elevated
• on cloud nine
• happy
• satisfied
• jubilant
• exultant
• joyful
• rejoicing
• blissful
• joyous
• gratified
• gung ho
• glad
• glorying
• tickled
• blissed-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depressed
• sad
• unhappy
• crestfallen
• despondent
• disheartened
• downcast
• forlorn
• blue
• melancholy
• dejected
• inconsolable
• heartbroken
• down
• gloomy
• sorrowful
• disconsolate
• saddened
• mournful
• miserable
• sorry
• wretched
• doleful
• heartsick
• glum
• low
• woebegone
• brokenhearted
• joyless
• woeful
• hangdog
• downhearted
• low-spirited
• heartsore

entranced

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verb

past tense of entrance

as in delighted

to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)

a production of The Nutcracker ballet that will entrance audiences

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delighted
• enraptured
• fascinated
• transported
• pleased
• enthralled
• enchanted
• satisfied
• carried away
• ravished
• raptured
• rapped
• captivated
• charmed
• knocked dead
• gratified
• excited
• knocked one's socks off
• gladdened
• bewitched
• elated
• stirred
• exhilarated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of entranced

Adjective

Onscreen, his hands floated slowly across a sheet of paper, an entranced expression on his face. — Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Bay Area News Group After growing up in Baguio City in the Philippines, where dessert often meant treats like fresh mangoes, sticky rice or coconut candy, Elisa Sunga became entranced with baked desserts like cakes when her family moved to Antioch, in the East Bay area, in 2001. — Kate Bradshaw, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026

Pictures of birthday cakes, hospital visits, church functions, and target practice sessions sit beside snaps of a levitating water can, a flying briefcase, or an entranced friend. — Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026

Verb

The nation’s largest retailer has entranced World Cup tourists. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Gollehon witnessed the process, was entranced, and as a teen enrolled in saddlery classes in Spokane, before apprenticing under Bleeker himself. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Kids might be more entranced by the family-friendly Resort Pool and Winding River, the activities at the Reef Rangers Club, and the 500,000-gallon Under the Sea Lagoon that’s home to stingrays, reef fish, and Aldabra tortoises. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 30 June 2026

The kids, entranced by their phones and tablets, don’t meet up anymore to play dress-up dolls, kick a ball around, or even just talk—not with whole virtual worlds and endless distractions at their eager little fingertips. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 19 June 2026

For those discerning shoppers entranced not by fresh-off-the-runway finds (too common, too mass-produced), but, instead, garments with history and legacy embedded in their seams, these are holy grails. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 11 June 2026

When the British artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s work was exhibited at the New Museum in 2017, viewers were entranced by the way her paintings reflected the deep solitude of each of her subjects. — Lovia Gyarkye, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026

Those couple of weeks of the knockout rounds at Germany 2006 were like a holiday romance, where Zidane and France were entranced with one another. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 31 May 2026

He’s entranced by his discovery even though there appears to be some kind of ominous presence stalking the space, too, never quite caught on-camera. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 May 2026