1. Something that provides access (to get in or get out)
   "they waited at the entrance to the garden";
   - entranceway, entryway, entry, entrée
    
2. The act of entering
   "she made a grand entrance";
   - entry, ingress, incoming
    
3. A movement into or inward
   "The bride's entrance was met with gasps of admiration"
    
4. The right or opportunity to enter
   "The ticket grants entrance to the museum"

1. Cause rapt attraction or admiration; attract love
   "She entranced all the men's hearts";
   - capture, enamour [Brit, Cdn], trance [literary], catch, becharm [archaic], enamor [US], captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, enchant
    
2. Hold spellbound
   "The stunning sunset entranced the tourists, leaving them speechless";
   - enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall [US], ravish [literary], enthral [Brit, Cdn], captivate
    
3. Put into a trance
   "The hypnotist entranced the volunteer with his soothing voice";
   - spellbind

Derived forms: entranced, entrances, entrancing

Type of: access, appeal, approach, arrival, attract, change of location, delight, hypnotise [Brit], hypnotize, mesmerise [Brit], mesmerize, please, travel

Encyclopedia: Entrance, Alberta