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Main Entry: pitfall
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hazard, trap

Synonyms:

booby trap, catch*, danger, deadfall, difficulty, downfall, drawback, entanglement, hook*, mesh*, mousetrap, peril, pit*, quicksand, risk, setup, snag*, snare, swindle*, toil, web
Notes: a pitfall is an unforeseen or unexpected difficulty or disaster - or a trap in the form of a concealed hole; a pratfall is an embarrassing or humiliating mistake, blunder, or mishap - or a fall on the buttocks

Antonyms:

advantage, blessing, good luck
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Source of danger.] Pitfall.
Category: 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience

Synonyms:

-nouns
rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken rocks, snags; sands, quicksands; syrt, syrtis; Goodwin sands, sandy foundation; slippery ground; breakers, shoals, shallows, bank, shelf, flat, lee shore, ironbound coast; rock ahead, breakers ahead., precipice; maelstrom, volcano; ambush; pitfall, trapdoor; trap (snare)., sword of Damocles; wolf at the door, snake in the grass, death in the pot; latency., ugly customer, dangerous person, le chat qui dort; firebrand, hornet's nest.
-phrases
latet anquis in herba [Vergil]; proximus ardet Ucalegon [Vergil].

Antonyms:

refuge
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Main Entry: ambush
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lying in wait; concealed position

Synonyms:

ambuscade, ambushment, camouflage, concealment, deception, hiding, hiding place, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick*, waiting, waylaying
Main Entry: danger
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hazard, troublesome situation

Synonyms:

clouds, crisis, double trouble, dynamite, emergency, endangerment, exigency, exposure, hot potato, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precariousness, precipice, probability, risk, risky business, slipperiness, storm, thin ice, threat, uncertainty, venture, vulnerability

Antonyms:

care, carefulness, guard, preservation, safety, security
Main Entry: flaw
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: imperfection

Synonyms:

Catch-22, blemish, bug, catch*, defect, disfigurement, failing, fault, foible, glitch*, gremlin, pitfall, slipup, speck, spot, stain, typo, vice, wart, weak spot, weakness

Antonyms:

fine point, perfection, strength
Main Entry: peril
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: danger, risk

Synonyms:

cause for alarm, double trouble, endangerment, exposure, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, liability, menace, openness, pitfall, risky business, uncertainty, vulnerability

Antonyms:

safeness, safety, security
Main Entry: snare
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trap

Synonyms:

allurement, bait, booby trap, catch, come-on, deception, decoy, enticement, entrapment, inveiglement, lure, net, noose, pitfall, quicksand, seducement, temptation, trick, wire

Antonyms:

freedom, liberation
Main Entry: trap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: snare, trick

Synonyms:

allurement, ambuscade, ambush, artifice, bait, booby trap, come-on, conspiracy, deception, decoy, device, dragnet, enticement, feint, gambit, hook*, intrigue, inveiglement, lasso, lure, machination, maneuver, net, noose, pitfall, plot, ploy, prank, quagmire, quicksand, ruse, seducement, snag*, stratagem, subterfuge, temptation, wile
Main Entry: booby trap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: concealed trap

Synonyms:

ambush, baited trap, deadfall, decoy, hidden danger, land mine, mine, mousetrap, pitfall, set-up, snare, trap, trip wire
Main Entry: snake in the grass
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: scoundrel

Synonyms:

Pandora's box, backstabber, creep, pitfall, rat, rat fink, skunk, snake, sneak, trap, villain, viper, weasel
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