| Main Entry: | allurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lure |
Synonyms: |
bait, come-on, enticement, inducement, invitation, seduction, temptation, turn-on |
| Main Entry: | allurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attraction |
Synonyms: |
allure, appeal, attractiveness, captivation, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, intrigue, lure, magnetism, pull |
| 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: | 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: | beauty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical attractiveness |
Synonyms: |
adorableness, allure, allurement, artistry, attraction, bloom, charm, class, comeliness, delicacy, elegance, exquisiteness, fairness, fascination, glamor, good looks, grace, handsomeness, loveliness, polish, pulchritude, refinement, shapeliness, style, symmetry, winsomeness |
Antonyms: |
homeliness, offensiveness, ugliness |
| 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: | charm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enchantment, allure |
Synonyms: |
agreeableness, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, beauty, bewitchery, charisma, chemistry, conjuration, delightfulness, desirability, fascination, glamour, grace, it, lure, magic, magnetism, pizzazz*, something*, sorcery, spell, star quality, witchery |
Antonyms: |
repulsion |
| Main Entry: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait, trap |
Synonyms: |
allurement, attraction, beard, blind, blow off, booster, camouflage, catch, chicane, chicanery, come-on, deception, drawing card, ensnarement, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, inveiglement, lure, nark, plant, pretense, seducement, shill, sitting duck, snare, stick, stool pigeon, stoolie, temptation, trick, trickery |
| Main Entry: | glamour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophisticated style |
Synonyms: |
allure, allurement, animal magnetism, appeal, attraction, beauty, bewitchment, charisma, charm, color, enchantment, fascination, interest, magnetism, prestige, ravishment, razzle-dazzle, romance, star quality |
Antonyms: |
drab, dullness, plainness, ugliness |
| Main Entry: | incentive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lure, inducement |
Synonyms: |
allurement, bait, carrot, catalyst, come-on, consideration, determinant, drive, encouragement, enticement, excuse, exhortation, goad, ground, impetus, impulse, incitement, influence, insistence, inspiration, instigation, motivation, motive, persuasion, provocation, purpose, rationale, reason, reason why, spring, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, temptation, urge, whip |
| Notes: | the temporal orientation of incentive is toward the future; that of inducement is toward the past |
Antonyms: |
block, hindrance, turn-off |