INTERESTS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

interests 1 of 2

noun

plural of interest

as in stakes

a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something all of the workers at the food cooperative have an interest in it

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as in companies

a commercial or industrial activity or organization a multinational corporation with interests on every continent

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as in interest groups

a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote the contention that the nation's financial interests have too much power

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interests

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verb

present tense third-person singular of interest

as in intrigues

to hold the attention of the book didn't interest me, so I ended up watching the parade of people on the sidewalk

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Recent Examples of interests

Noun

Gold medalist Lauryn Williams is proof that not every financial adviser has your best interests in mind. — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026 The race has also attracted millions in outside spending from some of Los Angeles’s most powerful interests. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026 Organized opposition to new data centers, made up of a coalition of varied interests, has spread across the nation. — Barbara A. Trish, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026 Religious and political labels Data brokers have also inferred people's religious interests and political leanings. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Those interests might seem contradictory, but combining them is precisely what makes the work exciting. — New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026 Instead, front and center have been the interests of a business raising animals to skin for luxury pelts to ship overseas. — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026 The company is planning one of the biggest IPOs in history as a public benefit corporation, a legal structure that requires management to balance broader public interests with profitability goals. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026 In its more traditional role, JPMorgan has also financed and facilitated more than $230 billion for industries that support American national interests, according to the bank. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

Verb

Which is perhaps why the inclusion of Atari BASIC interests me more than another collection of retro games. — New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026 With your background in documentaries, what interests you in that tension, particularly right now? — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Clearly there’s something about the relationship between audience and performer that interests you. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 Cranor said a person’s risk depends on how often they are targeted, their security habits, their ability to recognize suspicious messages, and whether the lure really interests them. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 What interests Reczek and Bosley-Smith is what the information is allowed to disturb. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 What interests me most about Apple's approach is what happens after the iPhone recognizes something. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Try the version that interests you before worrying about whether everyone understands it. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026 Students begin with one scholarly article in JSTOR, usually from their discipline, and choose an idea, question, concept, argument, or even a citation that interests them. — Saurabh Anand, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for interests

Noun

Nvidia offers support via equity stakes and partnerships, then CoreWeave , Nebius and Iren , among others, buy the latest and greatest Nvidia chips — the current generation, Vera Rubin, was preceded by Grace Blackwell, Hopper and Ampere.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2026
Exod With help from stakes and guy lines, the air beams then hold the tent fabric high and taut, creating a voluminous cabin ready to house a tactical table and everyone who has a stake in drafting the master plan.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of stakes

Noun

Meanwhile, companies are deploying AI agents by the thousand, and not one of them has read the company policy or heard the new local court ruling.

— Daniel Kjellén, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
However, credit monitoring depends on information that lenders and other companies report to credit bureaus.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of companies

Noun

Today, lobbying has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry and business now outspends labor and public-interest groups 34-to-one.

— Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
That measure includes a 5% bonus for independent films, and has the backing of the Independent Film and Television Alliance, along with the Motion Picture Association and a wide range of other entertainment interest groups.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of interest groups

Verb

What intrigues you about taking this fish, who’s been out of water, and throwing him back into familiar waters?

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2026
The novel that will form the basis of Reacher’s now-in-production fifth season, 2015’s Make Me, finds Reacher visiting a midwestern hamlet called Mother’s Rest because the town’s name intrigues him.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of intrigues

Noun

Investors can buy and sell shares of the fund on the stock exchange, rather than having to secure a direct stake in those businesses.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Rollins — The pest control company saw shares fall more than 5% after third-quarter results missed the Street's estimates.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of shares

Noun

Last year, attacks on undersea cables in Eastern Europe’s Baltic Sea, allegedly linked to Russia, disrupted connectivity in Sweden and Latvia, prompting calls from telecom firms for governments to step in.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
That agreement, which promised financial firms up to $125 billion in residual value guarantees on GPU financings, was in addition to the stakes Nvidia has taken as a limited partner in private equity funds.

— Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of firms

Noun

It was topped only by healthcare, taxes and accusations about opponents being beholden to special interests.

— Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Both questions surrounding special interests underscored the extent to which the pair has been entrenched in politics for decades, even as Jackson presents himself as the outsider taking on the ultimate insider.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of special interests

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