eye-catching

adjective

Definition of eye-catchingnext
as in noticeable
likely to attract attention Brad needs an eye-catching slogan for his campaign for president of the student body

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eye-catching
  1. noticeable
  2. prominent
  3. dramatic
  4. commanding
  5. remarkable
  6. impressive
  7. striking
  8. brilliant
Adjective
  • Related Articles There are some minor and barely noticeable physical improvements over previous models, such as a slightly less prominent camera bump in the back.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Other experiments are less noticeable but nonetheless consequential: by increasing early voting, for example, states have observed changes in who participates in elections, including those previously left out of the process.
    Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of noticeable
Adjective
  • Related Articles There are some minor and barely noticeable physical improvements over previous models, such as a slightly less prominent camera bump in the back.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • But other prominent Arizona Republicans were tepid in their support for Lake.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of prominent
Adjective
  • The August rally was merely a blip in an otherwise dramatic depreciation of the currency since 2012.
    Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Lerner expects some trading churn this week but nothing too dramatic.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of dramatic
Adjective
  • The latest election results from Morgan Hill show incumbent mayor Mark Turner holding a commanding lead — 20 percentage points — over Yvonne Martínez Beltrán, while Miriam Vega and Soraida Iwanaga are set to take the two vacant city council seats.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • With partial results, Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter had tallied about 56% of the vote, gaining a commanding lead over his Republican challenger, insurance executive Nik Gjonaj, who had 44%, with about a third of the precincts counted.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of commanding
Adjective
  • Everyone else was washed out by a solid but not remarkable Bucs offensive line.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, this isn’t entirely true across the (cheese) board — cheese comes in a remarkable range of colors, from pale white to deep yellow-orange.
    Vox Staff, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of remarkable
Adjective
  • The lot size of the property measures an impressive 7,865 square feet.
    Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • His mimicry of Satchmo, the baseline test all these shows must pass, really is quite impressive.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of impressive
Adjective
  • Perhaps most striking was a 19% lower death rate from any cause.
    Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Lake Turkana Flights in Northern Kenya Arguably one of the most epic helicopter safaris, this full day trip into Kenya’s Big North is filled with striking landscapes.
    Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of striking
Adjective
  • In his mind, Wiley was a brilliant eccentric whose lifestyle seemed somehow exempt from social norms.
    Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The series’ third, and final, season concluded in 2023 with a brilliant sendoff—and the whole series is available to watch now.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of brilliant
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