WILING Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in charming

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verb

present participle of wile

as in fascinating

to attract or delight as if by magic her stories of the Old South could wile anyone

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Recent Examples of wiling

Verb

Guests’ comings and goings seem minimal, many wiling away the hours in the most leisurely ways possible under the summer sun. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026

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Adjective

Gino, just downstairs from the hotel, is a charming Italian option.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
It’s beautifully presented on charming floral dishware, which is the perfect echo of the gardens just beyond the porch where breakfast is served.

— Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of charming

Verb

From bizarre medical tests to a mass phobia of beans, here are 14 surprising facts that reveal just how inventive, eccentric, and fascinating the ancient Greeks really were.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
The trailer promises fascinating new characters, like one man who lives on a sailboat for most of the year.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of fascinating

Adjective

When Yves Saint Laurent set up a home in Marrakech in the late 1960s, his enchanting lifestyle offered the world a rare glimpse into the world of Moroccan interiors.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
Despite the changes, Swift and Kelce’s ceremony still looked enchanting.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of enchanting

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Justin Perez, 28, of Springfield, Massachusetts took a plea deal on Monday in Rockville Superior Court, pleading guilty to charges of risk of injury to a minor and enticing a minor, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
The seminary student and educator has also been critical of his own party — calling it out for ineptitude, leaving voters behind — and arguing that anti-establishment messaging is enticing to Latinos who have been spurned by both major parties.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of enticing

Adjective

Outflanked by cruel and fickle gods at every turn, legendary Greek hero Odysseus outsmarted a one-eyed giant, suffered through the bewitching Sirens’ song and braved the Underworld’s dead denizens.

— Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Of the many subfields in classics, papyrology is perhaps the most difficult to understand but also the most bewitching.

— Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026

Definition of bewitching

Verb

For film, the roadmap covers support for luring large-scale location shoots, backing for international co-productions built on Japanese IP and tougher anti-piracy measures.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
While the paydays are still well short of those in the men’s league, clubs are luring foreign players with tax-free salaries and expat perks.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of luring

Adjective

Emery watched, completely spellbound, as the girl fought the air.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
Uncomfortable in her own skin, Kris becomes spellbound by the Nora Desmond-like Billy who speaks with a Southern drawl that Dolly Parton would admire and lives in the remote Pacific Northwest campground set where the first film was shot.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of spellbound

Verb

This simple, crowd-pleasing soup came from Gail Gladding-Pullara of Oregon, Wisconsin.

— Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 27 Oct. 2026
But all that warm, crowd-pleasing material is incongruously, fascinatingly, and not so comfortably fitted inside a story about great loss.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of pleasing

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