Thesaurus article: interesting

These words refer to people or things that keep your attention.

One of the most common words for this is interesting. Interesting refers to someone or something that keeps your attention because they are new, exciting, or have lots of ideas. Interesting does not imply that all of your attention is taken.

You can use absorbing, gripping, or riveting to describe a game, book, film, etc. that is so interesting that it keeps your attention completely.

A game, book, TV programme, etc. that is so interesting that you cannot stop playing, reading, or watching it may be described as compelling.

Fascinating is often used to describe someone or something you have seen or heard that you have found extremely interesting.

If something or someone is interesting and seems mysterious in a way that makes you want to know more about that thing or person, you can use the word intriguing.