Meaning & use

Gravitating

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Being drawn steadily toward someone or something, especially by natural inclination or attraction.

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Guests at the party kept gravitating toward the dessert table.

As a teenager, she found herself gravitating toward music and art.

A note on using this word

Figuratively extended from the physics term 'gravitate,' describing objects pulled together by gravity.

Words with a similar meaning

drifting towarddrawn to

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Words with an opposite meaning

avoiding

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