The meaning of RIVETING is having the power to fix the attention : engrossing, fascinating. How to use riveting in a sentence.

/ ˈrɪv·ɪ·t̬ɪŋ / Add to word list extremely interesting: a riveting TV show (Definition of riveting from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If you describe something as riveting, you mean that it is extremely interesting and exciting, and that it holds your attention completely. I find snooker riveting though I don't play myself.

Wholly absorbing or engrossing one's attention; fascinating: a riveting science-fiction novel.

Definition of riveting adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Building to fasten with or as if with a rivet or rivets: riveting the wings to the body of the plane. to hold (someone's attention) firmly: Her attention was riveted on the magician.

Synonyms for RIVETING: interesting, intriguing, fascinating, engaging, absorbing, exciting, gripping, provocative; Antonyms of RIVETING: boring, tedious, dry, dull, heavy, uninteresting, …

Riveting is an adjective for things that really draw you in, like a book you read in one sitting or a song you turn up so you can hear every lyric. Beautiful scenes are riveting, but terrible and …

Oct 20, 2025 · riveting (countable and uncountable, plural rivetings) The act of joining with rivets. The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing. Principles …

RIVETING definition: extremely interesting or exciting: . Learn more.