attraction
The tendency to attract.
Example
“The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.”
Other meanings
The state of being attractive.
An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
Synonyms
- attractive force
Antonyms
- repulsion
Related words
- attractional
- chemoattraction
- coattraction
- counterattraction
- interattraction
- photoattraction
- reattraction
- aesthetic attraction
- basin of attraction
- Coulomb attraction
- fatal attraction
- genetic sexual attraction
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "attractio".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “attraction” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.