Synonyms of fascinated

fascinated 1 of 2

adjective

as in charmed

Related Words

• charmed
• enchanted
• captivated
• entranced
• bewitched
• obsessed
• foolish
• silly
• wild
• gone (on)
• mad (about)
• hung up (on)
• crazy (about or over)
• nuts (about)
• enraptured (by)
• infatuated (with)
• enamored (of)
• besotted (by)
• gaga (over)
• dotty (over)

Dissimilar Words

• unimpressed
• cool
• detached
• disillusioned
• disenchanted
• unenchanted
• heart-free

fascinated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of fascinate

1

as in delighted

to attract or delight as if by magic

for years the zoo's family of giant pandas have fascinated visitors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delighted
• enchanted
• interested
• charmed
• intrigued
• enticed
• captivated
• pleased
• seduced
• tempted
• bewitched
• killed
• beguiled
• lured
• magnetized
• allured
• drew
• witched
• wiled
• entranced
• gratified
• enthralled
• pulled
• enraptured
• wooed
• disarmed
• invited
• arrested
• appealed (to)
• beckoned
• courted
• solicited

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disgusted
• offended
• annoyed
• revolted
• repelled
• tired
• bored
• displeased
• irked
• wearied

2

as in enchanted

to hold the attention of as if by a spell

I can gaze at the sea for hours, fascinated by the never-ending waves crashing upon the shore

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enchanted
• thrilled
• gripped
• mesmerized
• hypnotized
• enthralled
• arrested
• spellbound
• entranced
• caught up
• enraptured
• involved
• bedazzled
• charmed
• engrossed
• engaged
• bewitched
• beguiled
• absorbed

3

as in interested

to hold the attention of

the subject of artificial intelligence fascinates me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interested
• intrigued
• immersed
• occupied
• involved
• attracted
• engrossed
• gripped
• busied
• enthralled
• engaged
• bemused
• enchanted
• absorbed
• distracted
• preoccupied
• captivated
• obsessed
• enwrapped
• mesmerized
• charmed
• caught up
• bewitched
• caught one's eye
• hypnotized
• allured
• beguiled
• monopolized
• hogged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bored
• tired
• wearied
• jaded
• palled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fascinated

Adjective

By the 1800s, Thornton said, the public had grown fascinated with the signatures of notable men and women. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

The idea of blisteringly fast futuristic racing is also simply cool – a fascinating thought that so much sci-fi media has been endlessly fascinated with. — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Porodina is fascinated with hypnagogia, the threshold state between sleep and wakefulness. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

When the foundation of his house begins to crack and the basement floods, Wilson becomes fascinated with the ubiquity of concrete in our modern lives. — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026

But Lizzie was acquitted, and no one else was ever arrested in the case, leaving behind a mystery that has fascinated generations of people. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

The hook in one panel evokes Chaïm Soutine, who painted slaughterhouses while keeping kosher, fascinated and horrified by the carnival of carcasses that to others had been normalized. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Part Three is almost entirely cinematic marginalia, an ekphrastic project inspired by what aspects of the earlier material had so fascinated Llínas’ camera. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Maria Shriver was pregnant with their eldest daughter during production, and Schwarzenegger, who had not spent much time around small children, became fascinated by his 5-year-old co-stars. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Verb

In 2008, passionate surfer Tim Russo purchased the property, renamed it, and set out to organically grow it into a resort full of wonder where serious surfers and travelers fascinated with the surf lifestyle could vacation happily. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

Ancient Greeks were fascinated by phallic symbols and that showed in their comedy. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Interest is heightened when royal stories cover Princess Diana, who was one of the most famous women in the world, with people fascinated by her life. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Nalla Roberts has been fascinated with tales like this for years, growing obsessed with Greek myths in her childhood. — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Ashton was charming, funny, ridiculously handsome, and fascinated by all things tech. — Chuck Lorre, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026

Oracular methods such as automatism and tarot cards would lead Colquhoun down many paths in her search for knowledge, while the duality of the androgyne fascinated her in her art and writing. — Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

But even at the tender age of 10, I was fascinated by the idea that a sentence could be illustrated. — Robert Klose, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2026

So that fascinated me, the fact that these fields were somehow kind of edgy in terms of our definition of the scientific method and so on. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026