GLAMOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glamor mean? 

• GLAMOR (noun)
  The noun GLAMOR has 1 sense:

1. alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)

  Familiarity information: GLAMOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLAMOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

glamor; glamour

Hypernyms ("glamor" is a kind of...):

beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)

Derivation:

glamorize (make glamorous and attractive)

glamorous (having an air of allure, romance and excitement)

 Context examples 

To the young Gatz, resting on his oars and looking up at the railed deck, the yacht represented all the beauty and glamor in the world.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)