SEX APPEAL Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

sex appeal

noun

Definition of sex appeal

as in desirability

the quality of being sexually attractive The handsome singer had no shortage of sex appeal.

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Noun

So, for example, slight wear on a vintage Dior by Galliano piece, that could be part of the story of the piece, while a micro trend piece from two seasons ago might not hold lasting desirability.

— Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
But after moving out of a destination spot like Hawaii, and with the desirability of participating in the game waning, alternates took over.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of desirability

Noun

His screen appeal combines a mix of swagger and self-deprecating, and at times evokes (a taller) Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Can Kushner’s billions of dollars and unlimited access deliver the kind of magnetic appeal that began with the Showtime Lakers in 1979?

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of appeal

Noun

But though these chemicals are linked to mating in animal species, a link between pheromones and romantic attraction hasn’t been established in humans.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
With seven weekends and multiple attractions to choose from, visitors might want to visit the festival more than once.

— Rashad Alexander August 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of attraction

Noun

Parton turned extravagant blonde wigs, elaborate makeup, high heels, and sparkles into one of the most recognizable looks in entertainment.

— William Arruda, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
There has always been something compelling about Paul Baker, something about the interplay between his frat-star good looks and Canadian soft-boy heart.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of looks

Noun

The list of 500 schools was compiled by the magazine and data research firm Statista, Schools were given a score based on their student outcomes, learning environment and their attractiveness to students.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The stakes are high, with victory on the track bringing in prize money and enhancing the team’s attractiveness to sponsors like Petronas and Microsoft.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of attractiveness

Noun

This hermetic secrecy is how Allure beauty director Sarah Kinonen and I recently found ourselves in the bathroom of a suite in the Aman hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue, brushing our teeth while members of the Dyson public relations team looked on.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
As the affiliate industry grows, particularly for fashion brands and beauty brands which increasingly route a growing share of sales through such links, the answer is getting harder to parse.

— Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of beauty

Noun

That’s the seductiveness of the Reflecting Pool.

— Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026
Their easy, hedonic seductiveness emerges, too, via Yuskavage’s lush, rounded, fleshy brushstrokes (a different sort of stroke material, for the patriarchy or for anyone else), which render everything from boobs to bellies to nipples smooth and swollen, like a succulent fruit fixing to burst.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026

Definition of seductiveness

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