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| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for luring |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bribe, come-on*, drag, enticement, inducement, lure, snare, temptation, trap, allurement, seducement, shill |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lure |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, draw, entice, fascinate, seduce, tempt, lead on |
| 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, lure, magnetize, persuade, pull, seduce, tempt, turn on*, wile, lead on, suck in, sweep off feet, win over |
| Antonyms: | deter, discourage, dissuade, prevent, repel, threaten, turn off, warn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to draw attention; something that draws attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal, bait, charm, come-on*, draw, enchantment, endearment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, temptation, tendency, allurement, attractiveness, captivation, chemistry, courting, drawing power, enthrallment, it, solicitation |
| Antonyms: | repulsion, revulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | badger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag, bother |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, give the business, insist on, work on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity |
| Synonyms: | bait, blackmail, compensation, contract, enticement, envelope*, fringe benefit, gift, goody*, graft, gratuity, gravy*, grease*, hush money*, ice*, incentive, inducement, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola*, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop*, take, allurement, buyoff, corrupt money, corrupting gift, feedbag, influence peddling, sweetener, sweetening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allure; persuade |
| Synonyms: | attract, bait, beguile, cajole, coax, decoy, draw, entrap, inveigle, lure, prevail on, seduce, tempt, toll, turn on*, wheedle, bat eyes at, lead on |
| Antonyms: | disgust, dissuade, repel, repulse, turn off, turn away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enticement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allurement; persuasion |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bait, come-on*, decoy, fascination, inducement, lure, promise, seduction, snare, temptation, trap, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, come hither, inveiglement, mousetrap, sweetener, sweetening |
| Antonyms: | disgust, repulsion, dissuasion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretense |
| Synonyms: | artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, hoodwinking, mock attack |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throwing bait to catch seafood |
| Synonyms: | angle, bait, bait the hook, bob, cast, cast one's hook, cast one's net, chum, extract, extricate, find, go fishing, haul out, net, produce, pull out, seine, trawl, troll |
| Main Entry: | harass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | badger |
| Synonyms: | annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag*, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to*, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw*, harry, hassle, heckle, hound*, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, facilitate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jeer |
| Synonyms: | badger, bait, bother, bully, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, faze, gibe, hound*, interrupt, pester, plague, rattle, ride*, ridicule, taunt, tease, torment, worry, chivy, dis, shout at |
| Antonyms: | encourage, help, promote, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase, badger |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bait, be at, be on one's back, be on one's case, be on one's tail, beat the bushes*, bird-dog, bother, bug, chivy, curdle, dog*, drive, give chase, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hunt, hunt down, impel, leave no stone unturned, persecute, pester, prod, provoke, pursue, rag on, rag*, ride, scout, scratch, scratch around, search high heaven, tail, take out after, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down, yap at |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incentive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lure, inducement |
| Synonyms: | bait, catalyst, come-on*, consideration, drive, encouragement, enticement, excuse, exhortation, goad, ground, impetus, impulse, incitement, influence, insistence, inspiration, instigation, motivation, motive, persuasion, provocation, purpose, rationale, reason, spring, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, temptation, urge, whip, allurement, carrot*, determinant, reason why |
| Antonyms: | block, hindrance, turn-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inducement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incentive, motive |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bait, brainwash*, cause, come-on*, con*, consideration, desire, encouragement, hard sell, hook*, impulse, incitement, influence, leader, lure, reward, snow job*, soft soap*, spur, stimulus, sweet talk*, temptation, twist, urge, carrot* |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, hindrance, prevention, disincentive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, threaten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, awe, badger, bait, bludgeon, bluster, bowl over*, browbeat*, buffalo, bulldoze*, bully, chill, coerce, compel, constrain, cow*, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, dragoon, enforce, force, hound*, lean on, oblige, overawe, push around, ride*, ruffle, scare, showboat, spook, strong-arm, subdue, terrify, terrorize, twist someone's arm |
| Antonyms: | assist, encourage, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inveigle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entice, manipulate |
| Synonyms: | allure, bait, bamboozle, beguile, blandish, butter*, cajole, charm, coax, con*, decoy, egg on*, ensnare, entrap, honey*, hook, influence, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, oil*, persuade, seduce, snow*, soap*, string along*, stroke*, sweet talk*, tempt, toll, urge, wheedle, get around*, lay it on thick, lead on, overdo it, play up to, rope in, soften up, work over |
| Antonyms: | disgust, turn off, disenchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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