interests

Noun

• a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
• a reason for wanting something done
• the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
• a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed
• (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
  • "they have interests all over the world"
• (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
  • "the iron interests stepped up production"
• a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
  • "he counts reading among his interests"
• plural of interest
• The persons interested in any particular business or cause, taken collectively.

Verb

• excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
• be on the mind of
• be of importance or consequence
• third-person singular simple present indicative of interest

Examples

• the coal-mining interests
• the separatist interests

Synonyms

concern, interest, interest group, interestingness, involvement, matter to, occupy, pastime, pursuit, sake, stake, worry

Antonyms

bore, uninterestingness