Synonyms of the word lure


LUREATTRACTION - ATTRACTIVENESS - BAIT - COME-ON - DECOY - DEVICE - ENTICE - ENTICEMENT - HOOK - PROVOKE - STIMULATE - SWEETENER - TEMPT - TEMPTATION

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.

attraction

  • n. The tendency to attract.
  • n. The feeling of being attracted.
  • n. (countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in…
  • n. (chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.

attractiveness

  • n. (uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging.
  • n. (countable) The result of being attractive.

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…

come-on

  • n. Something intended to attract, as in an advertisement.
  • n. A statement or sometimes action reflecting sexual or relational interest.

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.

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.

enticement

  • n. The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
  • n. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object.

hook

  • n. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other…
  • n. A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.
  • n. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
  • n. (informal) A ship's anchor.
  • n. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  • n. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j.
  • n. (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
  • n. A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make…
  • n. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
  • n. (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
  • n. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the…
  • n. (baseball) A curveball.
  • n. (software) A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more…
  • n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice,…
  • n. (basketball) A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket,…
  • n. (boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly…
  • n. (slang) A jack (the playing card).
  • n. (typography, rare) A háček.
  • n. (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter…
  • n. (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
  • n. (bridge, slang) A finesse.
  • n. A snare; a trap.
  • n. A field sown two years in succession.
  • n. (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
  • n. (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook…
  • v. (transitive) To attach a hook to.
  • v. (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
  • v. (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
  • v. (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
  • v. (transitive) To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.
  • v. (Britain, US, slang, archaic) To steal.
  • v. (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
  • v. (usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
  • v. (cricket, golf) To play a hook shot.
  • v. (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated…
  • v. (field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick…
  • v. (soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
  • v. (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
  • v. (bridge, slang) To finesse.
  • v. (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
  • v. (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.

provoke

  • v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
  • v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
  • v. (obsolete) To appeal.

stimulate

  • v. To encourage into action.
  • v. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

sweetener

  • n. Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
  • n. (informal) Something given or added to added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe…

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.

temptation

  • n. The act of tempting.
  • n. The condition of being tempted.
  • n. Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
  • n. Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong…

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