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1. Attractiveness that interests, pleases or stimulates
   "his smile was part of his charm to her";
   - appeal, appealingness
    
2. A verbal formula believed to have magical force
   "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese";
   - spell, magic spell, magical spell
    
3. Something believed to bring good luck
   - good luck charm
    
4. (physics) one of the six flavours of quark, the third most massive of all quarks
    
5. A small trinket on a bracelet or necklace

1. Cause rapt attraction or admiration; attract love
   "She charmed all the men's hearts";
   - capture, enamour [Brit, Cdn], trance, catch, becharm [archaic], enamor [US], captivate, beguile, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
    
2. Control by magic spells, as by practising witchcraft
   - becharm [archaic]
    
3. Protect through supernatural powers or charms
    
4. Induce into action by using one's charm
   "She charmed him into giving her all his money";
   - influence, tempt

Derived forms: charming, charms, charmed

Type of: appeal, article, attract, attractiveness, command, control, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], language, object, oral communication, persuade, physical object, protect, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication

Encyclopedia: Charm, Ohio