spellbinder
One who enthralls
A spellbinder is a person or thing that holds attention completely—a captivating speaker, a gripping book, a mesmerizing performance.
The word evokes the image of an audience held as if under a spell: The defense attorney was a spellbinder who could sway any jury.
As an adjective, spellbinding describes anything that entrances: a spellbinding documentary.
Capture attention completely
- entrancePoint of access
- fascinateIntensely attract and hold
- captivateHold attention irresistibly
- enthrallTo fascinate utterly
bewitch · transfix · hypnotize · rivet · grip · engross · absorb · dazzle
Skilled public speaker
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- storytellerOne who recounts tales
narrator · presenter · speechmaker · public speaker · elocutionist · demagogue · evangelist · bard
mesmerize
Capture attention completely
enthrall · bewitch · transfix · hypnotize · rivet · grip · engross · absorb · dazzle · charm
orator
Skilled public speaker
storyteller · narrator · presenter · speechmaker · public speaker · elocutionist · demagogue · evangelist · bard · griot
enchanter
One who uses magic
witch · shaman · conjurer · charmer · hypnotist · mesmerist · illusionist · incantation · magic · bewitchment
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
articulation · charisma · magnetism · presence · delivery · diction · cadence · flourish · pathos · ethos
- fantasy rolesarcher, barbarian, sorceress, mage, wizard
- magic userswizard, sorcerer, mage, witch, enchanter
- smooth talkerssmooth talker, smooth-talker, sweet talker, sweet-talker, fast talker
- Captivating Peoplecharmer, enchanter, enchantress, seductress, siren
- public figurespolitician, celebrity, activist, journalist, pundit
spellbindernonentity
Unimportant person or thing
dud · wallflower · flop · wet blanket · drip