Synonyms for Arresting:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • sensational,
  • stunning.
  •defensive (adjective)
  • Interrupting,
  • guarding.
  •noticeable (adjective)
  • extraordinary,
  • notable.

• n.

  •
  • pointed,
  • observable,
  • sticking out like a sore thumb,
  • outstanding,
  • bold.
  •arresting (noun)
  • impressive.
  •interesting (noun)
  • spellbinding,
  • newsworthy,
  • thought-provoking,
  • original,
  • alive.

• v.

  •capturing (verb)
  • Securing,
  • Occupying,
  • Achieving,
  • seizing,
  • Collaring,
  • winning,
  • catching,
  • abducting,
  • getting,
  • Snaring,
  • Obtaining,
  • Apprehending,
  • Snatching,
  • Gaining,
  • Capturing,
  • taking.
  •gripping (verb)
  • riveting.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • eye-catching.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cracking,
  • mystifying,
  • backtracking,
  • returning,
  • leading,
  • Producing,
  • splashy,
  • perplexing,
  • entertaining,
  • hold up,
  • Attracting,
  • Dreading,
  • consuming,
  • lock up,
  • conveying,
  • Kenspeckle,
  • baulk,
  • irritating,
  • Resting,
  • amazing,
  • impeding,
  • Leashing,
  • smashing,
  • Arrestment,
  • pointing,
  • forbiddance,
  • purchasing,
  • restraint,
  • holding,
  • entrancing,
  • Declaring,
  • nab,
  • Nabbing,
  • curb,
  • enjoining,
  • control,
  • Aiming,
  • mitigation,
  • forestalling,
  • delay,
  • inducing,
  • eminent,
  • starting,
  • foiling,
  • hindering,
  • nursing,
  • Nailing,
  • affective,
  • Siring,
  • Percolating,
  • Defying,
  • Detaining,
  • intoxicating,
  • tabbing,
  • inhibiting,
  • forbidding,
  • Hampering,
  • stimulating,
  • obliging,
  • blocking,
  • turn off,
  • incurring,
  • Comprising,
  • bodacious,
  • Commencing,
  • switch off,
  • obstruction,
  • frustration,
  • jotting,
  • warding off,
  • detention,
  • elating,
  • Interdicting,
  • Specking,
  • ticking,
  • attractive,
  • rubbing,
  • acing,
  • fascinating,
  • well-known,
  • Immersing,
  • interdiction,
  • barring,
  • Suspending,
  • interception,
  • Tallying,
  • slowing,
  • Disciplining,
  • bar,
  • accommodating,
  • shocking,
  • harbouring,
  • banning,
  • beguiling,
  • defending,
  • Pinching,
  • penetrating,
  • Stemming,
  • balking,
  • retardation,
  • lofty,
  • sharp,
  • agreeing,
  • developing,
  • Admitting,
  • stop,
  • Dispelling,
  • electrifying,
  • matching,
  • grabby,
  • pickup,
  • Debarring,
  • determining,
  • snitching,
  • concurring,
  • charismatic,
  • suffering,
  • Perking,
  • balk,
  • Carrying,
  • appealing,
  • pinpointing,
  • dazzling,
  • Obstructing,
  • flamboyant,
  • aborting,
  • stupefying,
  • abortion,
  • bewitching,
  • prevention,
  • Hitching,
  • stopping,
  • scramming,
  • moving,
  • conditioning,
  • prohibition,
  • probing,
  • seductive,
  • hooking,
  • surprising,
  • obviation,
  • catchy,
  • immobilizing,
  • Generating,
  • Chinking,
  • famous,
  • emphatic,
  • Restraining,
  • searching,
  • taboo,
  • arrest,
  • acquiring,
  • sensory,
  • controlling,
  • piercing,
  • dramatic,
  • curbing,
  • alluring,
  • showy,
  • bewildering,
  • assuring,
  • halting,
  • Adjudging,
  • Rebuffing,
  • Hobbling,
  • shut off,
  • Tabooing,
  • block,
  • enthralling,
  • shut down,
  • Gibing,
  • obsessive,
  • concealing,
  • staving off,
  • winsome,
  • halt,
  • anticipation,
  • Assaying,
  • Harboring,
  • corresponding,
  • Prohibiting,
  • Pecking,
  • Checking,
  • mesmeric,
  • Jibing,
  • irresistible,
  • apprehension,
  • thwarting,
  • Engendering,
  • fending off,
  • touching,
  • limping,
  • pinch,
  • contracting,
  • Deterring,
  • Proscribing,
  • puzzling,
  • Hinting,
  • Preventing,
  • Avoiding,
  • frustrating,
  • avoidance,
  • completing,
  • ban,
  • Experiencing,
  • Mothering,
  • enchanting,
  • Retarding,
  • training,
  • hindrance,
  • brilliant,
  • Staying,
  • Containing,
  • supporting,
  • chipping,
  • preclusion,
  • watching,
  • reverting,
  • injunction,
  • blasting,
  • proscription,
  • coping,
  • Involving,
  • Mitigating,
  • inhibition,
  • intriguing,
  • Applying,
  • Comprehending,
  • Insuring,
  • snapping,
  • Delaying,
  • locking,
  • ending,
  • ensuring,
  • magnetic,
  • marking,
  • impedance,
  • Fathering,
  • hold back,
  • Deeming,
  • baulking,
  • tweaking,
  • Discovering,
  • debarment,
  • touring,
  • engrossing,
  • charming,
  • viewing,
  • Snagging,
  • Intercepting,
  • uplifting,
  • take into custody,
  • inviting,
  • Arrestation,
  • booming,
  • captivating,
  • engaging,
  • Incorporating,
  • Ascertaining,
  • keen,
  • noisy,
  • check,
  • prevailing,
  • Maintaining,
  • regressing,
  • hypnotic,
  • thieving,
  • causing,
  • Nonplussing.

Paraphrases for Arresting:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    arrest.
  • Proper noun, singular
    arrest, arrests.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    arrest.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Capturing.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    custodial.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Detaining, detain, Capturing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    apprehend, Apprehending, staging, warrant.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Ceasing, Restraining, Stoping, catching, Confiscating, counterbalancing, seizing, understanding, Terminating, Deterring, discouraging, arriving, Discovering, Suppressing, regulating, Discontinuing, constraining, Initiating, retiring, trapping, Adjusting, Counteracting, Stemming, thwarting, Obstructing, Eradicating, busting, Establishing, Suspending, Mitigating, Reversing, Pausing, Curtailing, Stating, stifling, Preventing, beating, braking, determining, reaching, grasping, Elaborating, Interrupting, captivating, contain, Containing, countering, finalizing, agreeing, entering, Hampering, setting, pursuing, Reining, Checking, impeding, breaking, offsetting, hindering, curbing, governing, tackling, attacking, switching, barring, inhibiting, crushing, Occurring, dampening, Attaching, ending, defining, Conceiving, deciding, Gaining, Adopting, walking, stunt, stunting, Choosing, controlling, parking, Kidding, slowing, Combating, driving, Anchoring, blocking, approaching, bringing, hunting, coding, fixing, looking, viewing, taking, stopping, Detaining, staging.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    stopping, Detaining, detain.
  • Proper noun, singular
    arrested.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stopping, Detaining, arrested, apprehension, detain.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Imprisoning, Apprehending.

Antonyms for Arresting:

• adj.

  • noticeable
    usual, unimportant, homely, ordinary, ugly, normal, unimpressive.
  • Other antonyms:
    insignificant, subdued, discouraging, drab, unassuming, dim, disheartening, dispiriting, demoralizing, uninteresting, restrained, dry, obscure, humdrum, faint, unremarkable, modest, unpretentious, hidden, unobtrusive, unemphatic, unflashy, conservative, tiresome, tedious, subtle, unaffected, tiring, unexciting, muted, dull, monotonous, pedantic, wearying, undistinguished, pedestrian, heavy, simple, concealed, quiet, dreary, sterile, understated, toned down, boring, wearisome, Operose, plain.

Homophones for Arresting:

• Arctium Minus, arctonyx.