Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) interest, involvement (a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something) "an interest in music"
S: (n) sake, interest (a reason for wanting something done) "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"
S: (n) interest, interestingness (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)) "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room"
S: (n) newsworthiness, news (the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins) "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world"
S: (n) topicality (the attribute of being of interest at the present time) "the library had to discard books that had lost their topicality"
S: (n) color, colour, vividness (interest and variety and intensity) "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
S: (n) shrillness (the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses) "the shrillness of her hair color"
S: (n) interest, stake ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something) "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
S: (n) interest, interest group ((usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims) "the iron interests stepped up production"
S: (n) pastime, interest, pursuit (a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)) "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"
Verb
S: (v) interest (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of)
S: (v) concern, interest, occupy, worry (be on the mind of) "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"