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Synonyms & Antonyms for magnetic
Synonyms: Adjective
alluring, appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charismatic, charming, elfin, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous (also glamourous), luring, seductive
Antonyms: Adjective
repellent (also repellant), repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unalluring
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Examples of magnetic in a Sentence
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a cult leader who attracted followers with his magnetic gazeRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
To steer his often messy but engaging opus — and eventual cult classic — director Richard Kelly needed a truly magnetic force. — Hau Chu, Washington Post, "The delightfully bonkers film that turned the Rock into Dwayne Johnson," 25 July 2019 The magnetic forces accelerated electrons to near the speed of light, and the particles began to interact with the star's charged plasma. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Proxima Centauri Bombarded Its Planet With Radiation Last Year," 26 Feb. 2018 The other girls were fun, but Gretchen was magnetic. — Rebecca Schuman, Longreads, "I’ll Be Loving You Forever," 14 Aug. 2019 Their chemistry was magnetic from the start, and their first date confirmed the potential for a lasting relationship. — Jasmine Grant, Essence, "Bridal Bliss: Chloe and Jose's Glamorous Chicago Wedding Was An Absolute Stunner," 14 Aug. 2019 Twitter is magnetic during huge breaking stories; news junkies flock to it for up-to-the-second information. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "It’s time to end “trending” on Twitter," 13 Aug. 2019 Separately, Bracketron provides PwrUp Qi wireless-charging mounts that include magnetic and gravity-style variations. — Julio Ojeda-zapata, Twin Cities, "MN drivers: If you want to use your phone in the car, you’ll need a mount. Here’s how to select one.," 25 July 2019 Torres and Ciangherotti are magnetic, and Velasco is a treat as the bubbly Renaldo. — Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, "Off-Kilter Humor on “Los Espookys” and “Alternatino”," 1 July 2019 In most cases, the mines are magnetic and are easily attachable to the hulls of a ship. — Fox News, "Limpet mine used in oil tanker attacks 'bears striking resemblance' to similar Iranian Mines, US Navy says," 19 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
To put the whole picture together, the researchers also compiled a handful of existing magnetic records based on seafloor sediment cores and ice cores. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "The last magnetic pole flip saw 22,000 years of weirdness," 11 Aug. 2019 Mesmer applied this same magnetic therapy to Österlin and pronounced her cured. — National Geographic, "Was this hypnotic health craze an elaborate hoax or a medical breakthrough?," 5 Mar. 2019 But Gorbacheva is a free spirit, magnetic with a frenetic, open energy. — Vogue, "Irina Gorbacheva Is Breaking the Mold of What It Means to Be a Russian Actress," 18 Mar. 2019 The EN700 Pro has a 10-millimeter driver in each earpiece with an N50 high magnetic composite moving-coil transducer with a polymer composite titanium-plated diaphragm. — Jim Rossman, The Seattle Times, "Tech review: Simgot in-ear monitors offer great sound and a great price," 13 Apr. 2019 Magnetic north and magnetic south experienced a geomagnetic reversal, an event which marks the start of the Quaternary Period. — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, "Exploding Stars Might Have Brought an End to the Prehistoric Megalodon," 14 Dec. 2018 Clarke is a pioneer in developing sensitive magnetic detectors called superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). — Douglas Messier, Space.com, "Super-Sensitive Device Seeks Axions, Proposed Dark Matter Particles," 2 July 2018 Having a gun or other metal object near an MRI machine, which has a powerful magnetic bore, has led to other gun discharges elsewhere. — Indianapolis Star, "6 times someone accidentally fired a gun in public in Indiana," 27 June 2018 The park was all the things it was supposed to be—fun and magnetic, a place to dream on. — Christina Pérez, Vogue, "Summers Past: Inside an Eerie Abandoned Water Park in Vietnam," 6 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'magnetic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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