What is another word for engross?
1158 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɛnɡɹˈə͡ʊs], [ ɛnɡɹˈəʊs], [ ɛ_n_ɡ_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s]
Engross is a word we use to mean a person has been completely absorbed in something. It describes being so involved in a task or activity that a person finds it hard to pay attention to anything else. However, there are a variety of other synonyms for engross that could easily be used to convey a similar meaning. Some of these synonyms include immerse, preoccupy, captivate, fascinate, intrigue, absorb, grip, and hold attention. Each of these words could be utilized in a different context to deliver the same basic message - that someone is completely focused on something and finds it hard to look away or be distracted.
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Similar words for engross:
- bury (noun)
- eat up (noun)
- engage (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- absorb (verb)
- attract (verb)
- autograph (verb)
- beguile (verb)
- cognition (verb)
- comprise (verb)
- consume (verb)
- copy (verb)
- distract (verb)
- divert attention; confuse (verb)
- engulf (verb)
- enroll (verb)
- entertain (verb)
- enwrap (verb)
- fascinate (verb)
- grip (verb)
- hold one's attention (verb)
- inscribe (verb)
- interest (verb)
- involve (verb)
- monopolize (verb)
- obsess (verb)
- occupy (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- pen (verb)
- preoccupy (verb)
- replicate (verb)
- reproduce (verb)
- transcribe (verb)
- transfix (verb)
- wonder (verb)
- write (verb)
- other synonyms
- autograph
- consume
- enroll
- enwrap
- grip
- immerse
- obsess
- occupy
- other relevant words
- reproduce
- transfix
- write
Synonyms for Engross:
n.
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- remember.
- bury.
v.
• absorb (verb) • attract (verb)- captivate,
- entice,
- magnetize,
- seduce,
- draw,
- allure,
- drag,
- attract,
- enchant,
- lure,
- charm,
- invite,
- pull.
- auto graphing,
- handwrites,
- sub-scribed,
- writes by hand,
- sub-scribes,
- sub scribe,
- writing by hand,
- sub scribing,
- handwrit,
- sub scribes,
- handwrote,
- sub-scribing,
- wrote by hand,
- auto-graphed,
- auto graphed,
- signatured,
- sub-scribe,
- auto-graphing,
- sub scribed,
- writ by hand,
- signaturing.
- swept one feet,
- sweeping one's feet,
- de-lighting,
- tickling to death,
- sweep feet,
- sweeps one feet,
- tickling death,
- sweep off ones feet,
- swept feet,
- be-guile,
- be guile,
- sweeping off ones feet,
- sweeps ones feet,
- swept off one feet,
- tickling pink,
- sweeping feet,
- knocked dead,
- sweep one feet,
- be-guiles,
- sweeping off one feet,
- de-lighted,
- sweeping ones feet,
- sweeps off one feet,
- swept off ones feet,
- de-light,
- sweep off one feet,
- de light,
- tickle death,
- de lighted,
- knocking dead,
- swept one's feet,
- sweeps off feet,
- swept off feet,
- sweeps one's feet,
- sweeps feet,
- sweeping one feet,
- de lighting,
- sweeps off ones feet,
- sweep ones feet,
- de-lights,
- tickles to death,
- tickled death,
- sweeps off one's feet,
- swept ones feet,
- tickles pink,
- tickles death,
- knocks dead,
- sweeping off feet,
- sweep one's feet,
- de lights,
- sweeping off one's feet,
- be guiles.
- are composed of,
- being composed of,
- was composed of,
- wast contained in,
- was contained in,
- in corporates,
- were composed of,
- is contained in,
- art contained in,
- in-corporates,
- am composed of,
- wast composed of,
- were contained in,
- are contained in,
- am contained in,
- being contained in,
- wert composed of,
- art composed of,
- in-corporate,
- wert contained in,
- in corporate.
- puts use,
- hast recourse to,
- hadst recourse to,
- frivols away,
- putting to use,
- ex pends,
- washes up,
- had recourse to,
- ex-pend,
- frivoling away,
- availing oneself of,
- ex pend,
- runs through,
- putting use,
- frivoled away,
- running out of,
- ex-pending,
- ran out of,
- availed oneself of,
- availing of,
- finishing up,
- ex pended,
- profited by,
- frivolled away,
- haddest recourse to,
- runs out of,
- profiting by,
- profits by,
- availed of,
- avails of,
- washing up,
- hath recourse to,
- has recourse to,
- having recourse to,
- frivolling away,
- ex-pended,
- ex-pends,
- put use,
- ex pending,
- puts to use,
- finishes up.
- re duplicated,
- re-peats,
- para-phrasing,
- re-write,
- statting,
- carboning,
- photo-stating,
- mimeoing,
- de-picts,
- re duplicates,
- Re-present,
- photo copying,
- re peats,
- mimeos,
- para phrases,
- re-duplicates,
- re presented,
- de-lineated,
- para phrase,
- para-phrases,
- re written,
- re-duplicating,
- re-written,
- photo stating,
- photo-copy,
- re duplicate,
- dittoing,
- para-phrase,
- para phrased,
- re present,
- photostated,
- photo-copied,
- re presents,
- de lineated,
- de picts,
- para-phrased,
- photo copies,
- de pict,
- re wrote,
- photo copied,
- re write,
- de lineate,
- re duplicating,
- mimeoed,
- re-writing,
- photo-copies,
- re-wrote,
- de-pict,
- re-presents,
- re writing,
- re-peat,
- re-presenting,
- re-duplicated,
- statted,
- para phrasing,
- re peat,
- re presenting,
- carboned,
- de-lineate,
- re-presented,
- re-duplicate,
- re writes,
- photo-stated,
- photo stated,
- photo-copying,
- re-writes,
- photostating.
- mis-leads,
- be-wilders,
- dis composing,
- drew away,
- led away,
- dis-tracts,
- de ranged,
- dis-tract,
- be fuddles,
- de ranges,
- dis concerting,
- be-wildered,
- calling away,
- dis-composing,
- un-hinges,
- de range,
- un-balanced,
- de-range,
- caught flies,
- be wildering,
- be-fuddled,
- be-fuddling,
- be-wildering,
- dis-composed,
- dis-concerting,
- be wildered,
- turns aside,
- catching flies,
- be wilder,
- dis composes,
- dis-concerted,
- mis-lead,
- called away,
- be-wilder,
- mis leading,
- be wilders,
- un balancing,
- dis composed,
- de-ranges,
- draws away,
- de-tract,
- un-balances,
- un-hinged,
- un balances,
- un-balancing,
- be-fuddle,
- dis tracts,
- calls away,
- dis-concert,
- leading away,
- dis compose,
- de-tracts,
- de-ranged,
- un-hinging,
- be fuddling,
- dis tract,
- de ranging,
- de tract,
- un-balance,
- be-fuddles,
- de tracts,
- dis concert,
- mis-leading,
- leads away,
- mis lead,
- un hinge,
- be fuddled,
- dis concerts,
- un hinges,
- dis-compose,
- un hinging,
- un balance,
- catches flies,
- dis-composes,
- be fuddle,
- dis-concerts,
- de-ranging,
- dis concerted,
- un hinged,
- leads astray,
- un-hinge,
- drawing away.
- sub merges,
- over-flow,
- over-flown,
- over whelm,
- de luging,
- in-undated,
- over-whelm,
- swallows up,
- over-whelmed,
- de-luging,
- over-whelms,
- over whelmed,
- over-flowed,
- over run,
- over running,
- de-luges,
- over-flowing,
- over flow,
- de-luge,
- swallowed up,
- de luge,
- sub-merged,
- over flowing,
- over runs,
- over-whelming,
- in undated,
- over whelming,
- sub-merges,
- sub-merging,
- over flows,
- over flown,
- over flowed,
- over whelms,
- de-luged,
- de luges,
- sub merging,
- over-flows,
- sub-merge,
- de luged.
- in spire,
- in spired,
- in-spirits,
- in-spires,
- re gale,
- in-spiring,
- in-spirited,
- ecstasized,
- re-lax,
- in spires,
- re-gale,
- in-spirit,
- in-spire,
- in-spiriting,
- in spiring,
- in-spired,
- re lax,
- in spiriting,
- re create,
- re-gales,
- ecstasizing,
- in spirit,
- in spirited,
- ecstasizes,
- re gales.
- over-powering,
- ex citing,
- be witching,
- ex cites,
- be-witches,
- ex cited,
- ex-cite,
- ex-cites,
- over power,
- in vite,
- trans ported,
- be-witching,
- over powers,
- be witches,
- ex cite,
- over powered,
- be-witched,
- sub dues,
- ex-cited,
- be witched,
- over-powered,
- be witch,
- over-powers,
- sub-due,
- sub due,
- sub-dues,
- over-power,
- over powering,
- be-witch.
- up on,
- enthrall,
- corner,
- take up,
- busy,
- soak,
- consume,
- become lost,
- be hung,
- enrapture,
- apply,
- assimilate,
- bewitch,
- fill.
- in-scribe,
- in scribes,
- in-dite,
- in dites,
- in-scribes,
- re-cords,
- re cord,
- re-corded,
- re corded,
- in dite,
- re-cord,
- re cording,
- in scribe,
- in scribing,
- re-cording,
- re cords,
- in-dites,
- in-scribing,
- in-scribed,
- in scribed.
- was interesting to,
- is interesting to,
- art interesting to,
- wast interesting to,
- appeals to,
- sits up,
- are interesting to,
- wert interesting to,
- were interesting to,
- being interesting to,
- sitting up,
- am interesting to,
- appealing to,
- sate up.
- roping in,
- de note,
- de noting,
- in-criminated,
- re quire,
- in criminates,
- in-criminating,
- pre supposed,
- re quires,
- re-quires,
- de-noted,
- wraps up in,
- pre-supposed,
- in-criminates,
- ropes in,
- pre-supposes,
- de-note,
- wrapping up in,
- pre supposes,
- wrap in,
- in criminate,
- pre suppose,
- re quired,
- wrapt in,
- re quiring,
- re-quire,
- pre supposing,
- de notes,
- re-quiring,
- de noted,
- de-notes,
- pre-supposing,
- points to,
- pre-suppose,
- snarling up,
- wraps in,
- re-lated,
- wrapt up in,
- re late,
- snarls up,
- re-quired,
- in criminating,
- de-noting,
- wrapping in,
- in-criminate.
- keeps to oneself,
- corner market,
- keep oneself,
- bogarted,
- re strain,
- exercised control,
- exercising control,
- sate on,
- sat on,
- cornering market,
- sits on,
- re strains,
- re-strain,
- re-strained,
- cornered the market,
- re straining,
- cornered market,
- owning exclusively,
- owned exclusively,
- kept oneself,
- keeps oneself,
- took over,
- bogarting,
- takes over,
- exercises control,
- re strained,
- bogarts,
- corners the market,
- corners market,
- sews up,
- keeping oneself,
- re-strains,
- kept to oneself,
- owns exclusively,
- re-straining,
- cornering the market.
- am concerned with,
- wast active with,
- keeps busy,
- kept busy,
- held attention,
- were active with,
- are active with,
- is concerned with,
- is active with,
- holding attention,
- holds attention,
- are concerned with,
- art active with,
- wast concerned with,
- art concerned with,
- was concerned with,
- was active with,
- wert active with,
- being concerned with,
- were concerned with,
- keeping busy,
- wert concerned with,
- am active with,
- being active with.
- committing to paper,
- committed paper,
- committing paper,
- commits to paper,
- committed to paper,
- commit paper,
- in-dict,
- jotting down,
- commits paper.
- under stands,
- getting into,
- under-stands,
- pre-occupies,
- gat in to,
- got in to,
- gotten in to,
- latching onto,
- pre-occupying,
- under stood,
- gat into,
- pre occupy,
- under stand,
- pre-occupied,
- gets in to,
- pre-occupy,
- under-stood,
- get in to,
- gets into,
- getting in to,
- pre occupies,
- under standing,
- pre occupying,
- pre occupied,
- under-standing,
- latches onto,
- gotten into.
- re-plicating,
- re-plicated,
- re-plicate,
- re plicated,
- re-plicates,
- re plicating,
- re plicate,
- re plicates.
- re-produce,
- doth again,
- re stamp,
- photo graphed,
- dost again,
- re make,
- re-enacting,
- re-printed,
- re-made,
- re-did,
- re-done,
- re produced,
- re produces,
- stereo-typing,
- re enacting,
- didst again,
- re-stamp,
- re enacted,
- re stamped,
- re making,
- re printed,
- re produce,
- re enacts,
- re-counted,
- re printing,
- re-counts,
- re awakened,
- re-awakens,
- re-lives,
- does again,
- re-awaken,
- re stamping,
- re-counting,
- re-does,
- re-enacted,
- re-awakened,
- re-stamps,
- re awaken,
- re counted,
- re-living,
- re-print,
- re awakens,
- re made,
- re-making,
- re-awakening,
- re prints,
- re counting,
- re-stamped,
- re-live,
- re counts,
- re-makes,
- restamped,
- re-make,
- re does,
- re-lived,
- reenacts,
- re lived,
- re-produced,
- doeth again,
- stereo typed,
- re awakening,
- doest again,
- stereo typing,
- re producing,
- re-prints,
- restamping,
- re-doing,
- re doing,
- re-produces,
- restamps,
- re lives,
- photo-graphed,
- re enact,
- mimeographing,
- re print,
- re did,
- re stamps,
- re-producing,
- re done,
- photo graphing,
- re living,
- photo-graphing,
- re-stamping,
- re-printing,
- re live,
- re makes.
- trans literates,
- sets out,
- de cipher,
- de-ciphers,
- de ciphers,
- de-ciphering,
- tape recorded,
- tape-recording,
- taperecord,
- tape-records,
- writing out,
- de-cipher,
- taperecords,
- copying out,
- de-ciphered,
- taperecorded,
- de ciphering,
- trans-literates,
- tape records,
- copies out,
- trans literate,
- copied out,
- trans-lated,
- writ out,
- trans-literate,
- writes out,
- trans late,
- taperecording,
- de ciphered.
- stopt ones tracks,
- stopt in tracks,
- stopping one tracks,
- stop in one tracks,
- stopped one dead,
- trans-fix,
- stopped in tracks,
- stops one's tracks,
- stopped tracks,
- stop in tracks,
- stopt one's tracks,
- stop in ones tracks,
- stopped ones tracks,
- stop one tracks,
- stopt one tracks,
- stopped one's tracks,
- trans fixes,
- stopping in tracks,
- stop tracks,
- stopped one tracks,
- stops in one tracks,
- stopt tracks,
- stopping one's tracks,
- stops dead,
- stops one tracks,
- trans-fixes,
- stops in one's tracks,
- stopped dead,
- stops tracks,
- stopt in ones tracks,
- stopping tracks,
- stops in tracks,
- stopping in ones tracks,
- stopt one dead,
- stopped in ones tracks,
- stopt dead,
- stopping ones tracks,
- trans-fixt,
- stopped in one tracks,
- stopt in one tracks,
- trans fixed,
- stopt in one's tracks,
- trans-fixed,
- trans fixt,
- stopping one dead,
- stops in ones tracks,
- stop ones tracks,
- stopping in one tracks,
- trans fix,
- trans fixing,
- stopping dead,
- stopping in one's tracks,
- stopped in one's tracks,
- stops one dead,
- stops ones tracks,
- stop one's tracks,
- trans-fixing.
- writ up,
- puts writing,
- banging out,
- typewrites,
- dropt a line,
- dropping a line,
- comping,
- wrote up,
- puts in writing,
- dropping line,
- dropping a note,
- pushing pencil,
- dropt a note,
- writing up,
- dropt line,
- comped,
- putting writing,
- wrote down,
- scrivens,
- dropped a line,
- bangs out,
- dropping note,
- dashes off,
- dropped line,
- drops a line,
- dropped note,
- typewrote,
- writes up,
- drops note,
- pushing a pencil,
- drop note,
- pushed a pencil,
- writes down,
- dropt note,
- drops line,
- notes down,
- dashing off,
- pushes a pencil,
- put writing,
- banged out,
- pushed pencil,
- putting in writing,
- noting down,
- pushes pencil,
- sets forth,
- dropped a note,
- drops a note,
- writ down.
Other synonyms:
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•
- entertain.
- inks,
- Inked,
- subscribe,
- handwrite,
- Inking,
- ink,
- write by hand,
- handwriting.
- put to use,
- wash up,
- finish up,
- waste,
- Trifled,
- run out of,
- expend,
- have recourse to,
- avail oneself of,
- profit by,
- avail of,
- avails oneself of,
- washed up,
- exhaust,
- finished up,
- frivol away,
- going through.
- Slated,
- inventorize,
- Filed,
- slating,
- enroll.
- got into,
- enamor,
- sat up,
- sit on,
- reflects,
- absorb,
- appealed to,
- grip,
- slain,
- over-runs,
- copyright,
- humoring,
- jots down,
- Scribed,
- syndicated,
- sweep off feet,
- copyrighting,
- Whelming,
- exercise control,
- etch,
- rivet,
- ecstasize,
- tickle to death,
- led astray,
- catch flies,
- Spanned,
- mesmerize,
- be interesting to,
- Patenting,
- Humored,
- swept off one's feet,
- soak up,
- occupy,
- autograph,
- copyrighted,
- turning aside,
- STAT,
- whelm,
- own exclusively,
- dittoed,
- photo copy,
- locked up,
- portraying,
- whelms,
- pen,
- arrest,
- snarled up,
- infatuate,
- lead away,
- subsumed,
- Mirroring,
- write,
- keeping to oneself,
- latched onto,
- turned aside,
- obsess,
- appeal to,
- tape-record,
- STATS,
- preoccupied,
- reduplicates,
- making merry,
- plagiarize,
- latch onto,
- infatuates,
- get into,
- engulf,
- cartooning,
- sitting on,
- reduplicate,
- Photostats,
- scribe,
- lead astray,
- Manifolded,
- unbalancing,
- bogart,
- be contained in,
- corner the market,
- pointing to,
- replicate,
- cartooned,
- write out,
- turn aside,
- lock up,
- in spirits,
- interest,
- tape-recorded,
- transliterates,
- Imitating,
- patented,
- rivets,
- Replicated,
- tape recording,
- wrap up in,
- keep to oneself,
- involved,
- syndicating,
- Riveted,
- swallowing up,
- knock dead,
- leading astray,
- locking up,
- beguile,
- Whelmed,
- reduplicating,
- tickling,
- involve,
- sewed up,
- comprise,
- roped in,
- wrapped in,
- sit up,
- soaked up,
- manifolds,
- immerse,
- tickle pink,
- jotted down,
- intoxicate,
- pointed to,
- is composed of,
- photostatting,
- soaks up,
- wrapped up in,
- call away,
- tape record,
- point to,
- commit to paper,
- indite,
- tickled to death,
- preoccupy,
- Manifolding,
- taking over,
- set out,
- fascinate,
- frenzying,
- inscribe,
- over-run,
- setting out,
- sweep off one's feet,
- make merry,
- transliterated,
- made merry,
- transcribe,
- soaking up,
- photostatted,
- transliterate,
- wrote out,
- reduplicated,
- embodies,
- copyrights,
- entices,
- makes merry,
- Infatuating,
- monopolize,
- reproduce,
- copy out,
- Scribing,
- swallow up,
- be composed of,
- turning on,
- take over,
- draw away,
- transfix,
- jot down,
- Regaling,
- intoxicates,
- snarl up,
- hog,
- mimeo,
- transliterating,
- rope in,
- Regaled,
- sew up,
- transcribed.
- reenact,
- re-enact,
- reenacted,
- reprints,
- Pirating,
- do again,
- relive,
- reenacting,
- mimeographs,
- relived,
- relives,
- reliving,
- remake,
- did again,
- reprint,
- reprinted,
- remakes,
- re-enacts,
- Pirated,
- doing again,
- mimeographed,
- restamp,
- mimeograph,
- reprinting.
- push a pencil,
- scribble,
- COMP,
- scriven,
- COMPS,
- sets down,
- Penciling,
- dash off,
- penciled,
- typewriting,
- CHALKS,
- setting down,
- write up,
- scrivened,
- ghosting,
- Pencilling,
- drop line,
- pencils,
- note down,
- typewritten,
- setting forth,
- Chalking,
- lettering,
- drop a line,
- chalk,
- noted down,
- writes,
- set down,
- set forth,
- write down,
- drop a note,
- writing down,
- dashed off,
- typewrite,
- pencilled,
- Chalked,
- bang out,
- authored,
- push pencil,
- authoring,
- scrivening,
- put in writing,
- pencil,
- ghosted.
How to use "Engross" in context?
The OxfordDictionaries.com defines "engross" as follows:
1) to fill completely or to take up the whole of (a vessel, space, etc.), usually with something liquid or granular;
2) to absorb or to take hold of (interest, attention, etc.), typically with Feeling or enthusiasm.
Engrossing stories make for great reads. They suck you in and refuse to let you go until the end. They are full of action, adventure, and emotion. They take you on a journey and leave you feeling satisfied and content.
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