appealing

Questions about appealing

What does appealing mean?

appealing means "able to attract interest or draw favorable attention". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in appealing?

appealing has 3 syllables: ap-pea-ling. The stress falls on "pea". In IPA it is /əˈpilɪŋ/.

What is another word for appealing?

Close synonyms include sympathetic, likeable, likable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of appealing?

The recorded antonyms are unappealing.

Is appealing a common word?

appealing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with appealing?

2 words rhyme with appealing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.