⚙️ A locking part 📝 A hirer 🙋 An active participant 🎯 An attractor

engager

6.8

Something that attracts and keeps people's attention

noun
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒər/

: gancho

A good teacher is often an effective engager who keeps students interested in learning.

Examples

The colorful display served as an engager for visitors entering the museum.
The campaign's short film acted as a strong engager for young voters.
The new marketing strategy is a great engager for our audience.
She is a natural engager in social situations.
A good teacher is often an effective engager who keeps students interested in learning.
The colorful display served as an engager for visitors entering the museum.
The campaign's short film acted as a strong engager for young voters.

Synonyms

pleaser

vsengager

13 4.1

A thing that entertains and delights a group of people

attracts and keeps attention rather than only providing short delight

rouser

vsengager

1 5.2

A speech or song that makes an audience feel excited

aims to attract and maintain attention rather than mainly energize

fascinator

vsengager

1 7.9

Someone or something that attracts strong attention and admiration

draws or keeps interest more generally rather than creating strong admiration

attractor

vsengager

1 6.7

A thing that draws people or attention, like free food at an event

draws or holds attention more broadly, not only as a single feature

attractant

vsengager

5.1

Something that brings people or gets attention because it is interesting

pulls and maintains attention or interest rather than just initially attracting

exciter

vsengager

6.8

Someone or something that causes excitement in people and action in systems

draws or holds interest more calmly, not only provoking excitement

electrifier

vsengager

7.3

A person who makes others feel excited and full of energy

attracts interest or attention without necessarily creating intense emotional enthusiasm

How Attention-Grabbing

sensation

64 4.1

star

∞ 1.1

grabber

Literature

4 3.8

engager

6.8

entertainer

117 2.1

Surface Forms

engager singular

engagers plural

Morphology

engager = engage (semi-transparent) = engage + er

Agentive formation is regular, but using 'engager' to mean 'a thing that attracts attention' is less common and may not be immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Engager comes from the French engager, with gage meaning a 'pledge' and the idea of 'holding' or 'binding'. That sense of 'holding' is why an engager can be a person or thing that attracts or keeps someone's interest.