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

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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

While a plurality of viewers seemed genuinely fascinated by the three-week-long trip, even during less-exciting moments, Dykes noticed that some expressed a morbid glee for destructive content. — Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2026

The young physicist was particularly fascinated by variable systems. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2026

The composition has fascinated scholars for nearly a century. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026

Yet there’s an entire corner of the internet that’s apparently fascinated by what happens when they get cleaned out. — Sarah Kuta, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2026

Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, Carrasco was always fascinated by moviemaking. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Dating van Gogh’s Starry Night Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece, The Starry Night (1889), has long fascinated art lovers and scientists like. — ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

The first few Hadamard matrices had been described in 1867, and the matrices have fascinated mathematicians ever since, with breakthroughs and new insights turning up every couple of decades or so, the most recent in 2004. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

She was fascinated by its evolution from an FBI agent’s pursuit of a female serial killer into an unusually moving relationship between two very different women. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026

Verb

Norman Mailer plays Harry Houdini, who has always fascinated Barney. — Zachary Woolfe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2026

As with the Apollo and Challenger missions before, NASA captured the imaginations of a new generation of children fascinated by the prospect of making the stuff of science fiction into reality. — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Nov. 2026

Marcin Kierwiński, Poland's interior minister, said there were indications the suspect was fascinated by far-right ideology, according to Reuters. — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Was that something that that fascinated you, creating a story where the main characters don’t actually understand each other? — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Mitchell Kohrmann was fascinated by the Cannonball record runs between New York City and Los Angeles, but decided to make things more interesting by choosing the slowest possible car. — Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 1 Nov. 2026

On a visit to the Bargello sculpture museum in Florence, Italy, a 3-year-old friend of mine was fascinated by its statues’ naked butts. — Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026

He’s always been obsessed with historic epochs like the Civil War and World War II and fascinated with the post-war boom and the sojourns of Route 66. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026

Kember, who grew up in a Catholic household, and Pierce, the son of a proselytizer, were fascinated by spirituality. — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026