Usually means: Appealing to the senses, desirable.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word attractive:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. attractive: Merriam-Webster
  2. attractive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. attractive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. attractive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. attractive: Vocabulary.com
  6. Attractive, attractive: Wordnik
  7. attractive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. attractive: Wiktionary
  9. attractive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. attractive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. attractive: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Attractive, attractive: Dictionary.com
  13. attractive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Attractive (force): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Attractive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. attractive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. attractive: Rhymezone
  18. Attractive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. attractive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. attractive: FreeDictionary.org
  21. attractive: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. attractive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. attractive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. attractive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. attractive: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. attractive: Legal dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
▸ adjective:  Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
▸ adjective:  Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.

Similar:
prepossessing, appealing, fetching, personable, winsome, taking, fascinating, enchanting, engaging, captivating, more...

Opposite:
unattractive, repulsive, unappealing, hideous, uninviting

Types:
pretty, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, stunning, lovely, more...

Phrases:
attractive force, attractive feature, sexually attractive, attractive nuisance, attractive nuisances, more...

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Similar:
prepossessing, appealing, fetching, personable, winsome, taking, fascinating, enchanting, engaging, captivating, more...

Opposite:
unattractive, repulsive, unappealing, hideous, uninviting

Types:
pretty, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, stunning, lovely, more...

Phrases:
attractive force, attractive feature, sexually attractive, attractive nuisance, attractive nuisances, Attractive nuisance doctrine, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, more...

Colors:
    red,     blue,     green,     purple,     pink, more...



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