| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for luring |
Synonyms: |
allurement, attraction, bribe, come-on, drag, enticement, inducement, lure, seducement, shill, snare, temptation, trap |
| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lure |
Synonyms: |
allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, draw, entice, fascinate, lead on, seduce, tempt |
| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | needle |
Synonyms: |
anger, annoy, badger, bother, gall, harass, heckle, hound, irk, irritate, nag, persecute, provoke, tease, torment |
| Main Entry: | allure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entice |
Synonyms: |
attract, bait, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, charm, coax, come on, decoy, draw, enchant, entrap, fascinate, hook*, inveigle, lead on, lure, magnetize, persuade, pull, seduce, suck in, sweep off feet, tempt, turn on, wile, win over |
Antonyms: |
deter, discourage, dissuade, prevent, repel, threaten, turn off, warn |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone mad; become mad |
Synonyms: |
acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex |
Antonyms: |
calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe |
| Main Entry: | attract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw attention |
Synonyms: |
allure, appeal to, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, bring, captivate, charm, come on, court, drag, draw, enchant, endear, engage, enthrall, entice, entrance, exert influence, fascinate, freak out, give the come-on, go over big, grab, hook, induce, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, kill, knock dead, knock out, lure, magnetize, make a hit with, mousetrap, pull, rope in, score, seduce, send*, slay, solicit, spellbind, steer, suck in, sweep off one's feet, tempt, turn on, vamp, wile, wow* |
Antonyms: |
repel, repulse |
| Main Entry: | attraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to draw attention; something that draws attention |
Synonyms: |
allure, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, captivation, charm, chemistry, come-on, courting, draw, drawing power, enchantment, endearment, enthrallment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, it, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, solicitation, temptation, tendency |
Antonyms: |
repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | badger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag, bother |
Synonyms: |
annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, give the business, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, insist on, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, work on |
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity |
Synonyms: |
allurement, bait, blackmail, buyoff, compensation, contract, corrupt money, corrupting gift, enticement, envelope*, feedbag, fringe benefit, gift, goody, graft, gratuity, gravy, grease, hush money, ice*, incentive, inducement, influence peddling, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop, sweetener, sweetening, take |
| Main Entry: | entice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allure; persuade |
Synonyms: |
attract, bait, bat eyes at, beguile, cajole, coax, decoy, draw, entrap, inveigle, lead on, lure, prevail on, seduce, tempt, toll, turn on, wheedle |
Antonyms: |
disgust, dissuade, repel, repulse, turn away, turn off |