Synonyms of the word decoy


DECOYACCOMPLICE - BAIT - BEGUILER - CHEAT - CHEATER - CONFEDERATE - DECEIVER - DEVICE - ENTICE - LURE - SLICKER - STEERER - TEMPT - TRICKSTER

decoy

  • n. A person or object meant to lure something to danger.
  • n. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
  • v. To act or use a decoy.
  • v. (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.

accomplice

  • n. (rare) A cooperator.
  • n. (law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or…

bait

  • n. Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare,…
  • n. Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
  • n. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
  • n. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
  • n. A light or hasty luncheon.
  • v. (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
  • v. (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
  • v. (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
  • v. (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
  • v. (intransitive) (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
  • v. (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops…

beguiler

  • n. A person who beguiles.

cheat

  • v. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
  • v. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
  • v. (transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
  • v. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
  • v. To beguile.
  • n. Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
  • n. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;…
  • n. The weed cheatgrass.
  • n. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
  • n. (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat…

cheater

  • n. One who cheats.
  • n. An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws,…

confederate

  • n. A member of a confederacy.
  • n. An accomplice in a plot.
  • n. (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in…
  • adj. of, relating to, or united in a confederacy.
  • adj. banded together; allied.
  • v. To combine into a confederacy.

deceiver

  • n. A person who lies or deceives.
  • n. (usually preceded by "the") Another name for Satan.

device

  • n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
  • n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
  • n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
  • n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
  • n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
  • n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
  • n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
  • n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
  • n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
  • n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
  • n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

entice

  • v. (transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

lure

  • n. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
  • n. (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
  • n. A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
  • n. A velvet smoothing brush.
  • v. To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
  • v. To recall a hawk with a lure.

slicker

  • adj. comparative form of slick: more slick.
  • n. One who or that which slicks.
  • n. A waterproof coat or jacket.
  • n. A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.).
  • n. (slang) A swindler or conman.
  • n. A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
  • n. (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
  • n. A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
  • v. To slither, as on a slick surface.
  • v. To con or hoodwink.
  • v. To use a slicker on.
  • v. To smooth or slick.
  • v. To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.

steerer

  • n. Someone or something that steers.

tempt

  • v. (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
  • v. (transitive) To attract; to allure.
  • v. (transitive) To provoke something; to court.

trickster

  • n. (mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions,…
  • n. One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
  • n. One who performs tricks (parts of a magician' act or entertaining difficult physical actions).
  • n. An impish or playful person.
  • n. A fraud (person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain).

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