INTERESTS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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Noun

The consumer spending was a sign that women were spending on themselves and their own interests—not just on their spouses and families. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 6 July 2026 In discussing her varied interests and style sense, Pilar Queen said her mother developed her own sense of style and wasn’t influenced by her own mother. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 July 2026 What a prenup covers Prenups generally can't determine child custody or child support, because courts decide those issues based ont he child's best interests at the time of a divorce. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 6 July 2026 The resulting album, Exhale, sounds like a musical conversation, an attempt to find the overlap in their interests—and also, perhaps, to make sparks fly where their instincts clash. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026 Those of us old enough to remember the 1994-95 strike recall it as a disaster for the sport, as fans were annoyed by both owners and players, and many turned to other life interests. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026 The tension between the various competing interests is handled with nuance and without taking sides, all while showing both the pitfalls and the wondrous potential of this annual spectacle. — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 Dating later in life can offer opportunities to meet new people, expand social circles, explore shared interests, and build meaningful relationships. — Matthew Kayser updated July 6, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 Every state except Georgia, Idaho and Louisiana has an office of the consumer advocate that represents customer interests in proceedings before the state utility regulator. — Theodore J. Kury, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

Verb

Make new friends or join a club that interests you. — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026 What interests you about telling a story like that? — Wengel Gemu, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026 What interests me more is what has changed, which is the very substance of capital. — Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 All that stuff really interests me. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026 That coexistence interests me more than any single genre. — Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026 At the moment, the only Championship side that interests me in FPL terms are Coventry. — Holly Shand, New York Times, 26 May 2026 Onscreen love interests Holly Marie Combs and Brian Krause are letting fans think their relationship is the same offscreen, too. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026 These are novels about bohemian communities of friends and lovers and artistic collaborators, which is a big part of what interests me about AIDS activism. — Sarah Schulman, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for interests

Noun

In recent years, carriage negotiations have led to temporary channel blackouts between Disney and services such as YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream, highlighting the high stakes of content licensing deals.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 June 2026
With its high stakes, vivid action and steamy romance, the novel has struck a chord with Yarros's enthusiastic fanbase.

— Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

Definition of stakes

Noun

From candy makers to bakers and wedding favor brands, people and companies around the world appear to be capitalizing on what could be the biggest wedding of the era.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald How did a 19th-century Japanese playing-card manufacturer become one of the most influential companies in the entertainment world, asks Stephen Bush in the FT.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026

Definition of companies

Noun

Once a destination for avid hikers and the Biltmore-browsers, the destination has evolved to attract a variety of age groups and interest groups.

— Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
If that isn’t enough, some of the most powerful and well-financed interest groups in politics have spent big in certain primaries.

— Josh Feldman, NBC news, 23 June 2026

Definition of interest groups

Verb

That’s what intrigues them about coming to work for a large company that’s constantly evolving.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026
The essential nature of magic especially intrigues physicists like Swingle, who hope to use it on a quantum computer to simulate how gravity behaves in situations where general relativity fails.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2026

Definition of intrigues

Noun

Against this backdrop, investor confidence in JCET has surged, with the company’s shares listed in Shanghai climbing 147 percent since the start of the year, driven by strong business growth and rising demand for advanced chip technologies.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
The leading labs are also preparing for stock market listings, and settling the question of the government's role before their shares trade would remove a major overhang for prospective investors.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of shares

Noun

The two findings can both be true, Kharazian said, because the Stanford study was broader and didn’t focus just on the firms that use AI.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
So Well Self-storage, plumbing and heating outfits, dental and veterinary clinics, insurance brokers, car dealerships, debt collectors, the firms that manage your block of flats.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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