attention-getting

1. 1.

   seizing the attention

   “eye-catching posters”

   Synonymseye-catching

   Similarconspicuous
2. 2.

   likely to attract attention

   “a catchy title for a movie”

   Synonymscatchy

   Similarappealing

Questions about attention-getting

What does attention-getting mean?

attention-getting means "seizing the attention". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in attention-getting?

attention-getting has 6 syllables: at-ten-ti-on--get-ting. The stress falls on "on-".

What is another word for attention-getting?

Close synonyms include eye-catching, catchy. 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.

Is attention-getting a common word?

attention-getting is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.