magnetize

Make metal sticky

Magnetize means to make something magnetic by exposing it to a magnetic field, allowing it to attract iron or other magnetic materials.

The word extends naturally to people and situations: a magnetizing personality draws others in, and a speaker can magnetize an audience.

The screwdriver had been magnetized and kept picking up small screws.

She magnetized everyone at the party with her stories.

attract

draw

Create with pencil

lure · fascinate · allure · appeal · engage · hook · grab · interest · tempt · enchant

physics

electromagnet

Wire-wound magnetic device

flux · permeability · hysteresis · domains · paramagnetism · diamagnetism · saturation · lodestone · gauss · tesla

hypnotize

mesmerize

Capture attention completely

bewitch · enrapture · captivate · fascinate · hypnotize · enthrall · engross · rivet · fixate · grip

polarity

positive

Affirming or certain

repulsion · alignment · orientation · field lines · compass · bipolar · poles

inspire

galvanize

Stimulate into action

activate · invigorate · motivate · spark · spur · arouse · awaken · catalyze · rally · electrify

Categories
Opposites
magnetic state

magnetizedemagnetize

Remove magnetic properties

degauss · demagnetise · neutralize · depolarize

attraction/repulsion

magnetizerepel

Drive off or disgust

repulse · push away · deflect · drive away · disperse

fascination/interest

magnetizerepel

Drive off or disgust

bore · disgust · repulse · alienate · turn off

Phrases
Family

magnetic, magnetism, magnetized, magnetizing, magnetizes, electromagnetism, magnetically, magnetised, electromagnetic

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G