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Definitions for Magnet

[1] a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
[2] a lodestone.
[3] a thing or person that attracts: The park was a magnet for pickpockets and muggers.
[4] variant of magneto- before some vowels: magneton.
[5] a body that can attract certain substances, such as iron or steel, as a result of a magnetic field; a piece of ferromagnetic substance See also electromagnet
[6] a person or thing that exerts a great attraction

Words related to Magnet

decoy, delusion, hook, camouflage, fake, gimmick, trick, temptation, come-on, seduction, incentive, attraction, call, appeal, illusion, inducement, draw, bribe, snare, pull

Words nearby Magnet

magnesium peroxide, magnesium salicylate, magnesium silicate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium trisilicate, magnet, magnet school, magnet steel, magnet-, magnetar, magnetic

Origin of Magnet

1400–50; late Middle English magnete < Latin magnēta < Greek mágnēta, accusative of mágnēs, short for (hē ) Mágnēs (líthos ) (the stone) of Magnesia

Words that may be confused with Magnet

magnate, magnet

Other words from Magnet

coun·ter·mag·net , noun

Word origin for Magnet

C15: via Latin from Greek magnēs, shortened from ho Magnēs lithos the Magnesian stone. See magnesia

Synonyms for Magnet

allurement, ambush, appeal, attraction, bribe, call, camouflage, carrot, come-on, decoy, delusion, draw, enticement, fake, gimmick, hook, illusion, incentive, inducement, invitation, mousetrap, pull, seduction, snare, sweetener, temptation, tout, trap, trick, con game, inveiglement, seducement, siren song, sitting duck