charm

About 7.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

   a charm against evil

2. noun The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.

   He had great personal charm.

3. noun A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

   She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.

4. noun A group of goldfinches or other songbirds, or sometimes hummingbirds.
5. noun A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
6. noun A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
7. noun An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.
8. verb To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

   He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.

Similar words

bewitch becharm enchant fascinate captivate appealingness enamor tempt spell beguile

Often followed by

of and to in for that which the is

Word family

charmed charmer charmers charming charmless charms