interest
1. a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something (Freq. 62)
- an interest in music
• Syn:
involvement
• Derivationally related forms:
involve (for: involvement)
• Hypernyms:
curiosity, wonder
• Hyponyms:
enthusiasm, concern
2. a reason for wanting something done (Freq. 32)
- for your sake
- died for the sake of his country
- in the interest of safety
- in the common interest
• Syn:
sake
• Hypernyms:
benefit, welfare
• Hyponyms:
behalf
3. the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) (Freq. 21)
- they said nothing of great interest
- primary colors can add interest to a room
• Syn:
interestingness
• Ant:
uninterestingness (for: interestingness)
• Derivationally related forms:
interesting (for: interestingness)
• Hypernyms:
power, powerfulness
• Hyponyms:
charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism, newsworthiness, news,
topicality, color, colour, vividness, shrillness
• Attrubites:
interesting, uninteresting
4. a fixed charge for borrowing money;
usually a percentage of the amount borrowed (Freq. 14)
- how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?
• Hypernyms:
fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs
• Hyponyms:
compound interest, simple interest
5. (law) a right or legal share of something;
a financial involvement with something (Freq. 7)
- they have interests all over the world
- a stake in the company's future
• Syn:
stake
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
share, portion, part, percentage
• Hyponyms:
grubstake, controlling interest, insurable interest, vested interest, security interest,
security interest, undivided interest, undivided right, fee, equity,
reversion, right
6. (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims (Freq. 5)
- the iron interests stepped up production
• Syn:
interest group
• Usage Domain:
plural, plural form
• Hypernyms:
social group
• Hyponyms:
special interest, vested interest
7. a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) (Freq. 3)
- sailing is her favorite pastime
- his main pastime is gambling
- he counts reading among his interests
- they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits
• Syn:
pastime, pursuit
• Derivationally related forms:
pursue (for: pursuit)
• Hypernyms:
diversion, recreation
• Hyponyms:
avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity
1. excite the curiosity of;
engage the interest of (Freq. 5)
• Ant:
bore
• Hypernyms:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke,
fire, raise, provoke
• Hyponyms:
absorb, engross, engage, occupy, fascinate,
transfix, grip, spellbind
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. be on the mind of (Freq. 2)
- I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
• Syn:
concern, occupy, worry
• Derivationally related forms:
occupation (for: occupy), concern (for: concern)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will interest him
3. be of importance or consequence (Freq. 1)
- This matters to me!
• Syn:
matter to
• Hypernyms:
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to,
bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with
• Hyponyms:
intrigue, fascinate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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