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trap - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: trap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: snare, trick
Synonyms: ambush, artifice, bait, booby trap*, come-on*, conspiracy, deception, decoy, device, dragnet, enticement, feint, gambit, hook*, intrigue, lasso*, lure, machination, maneuver, net, noose, pitfall, plot, ploy, prank, quagmire, ruse, snag*, stratagem, subterfuge, temptation, wile, allurement, ambuscade, inveiglement, quicksand, seducement
Main Entry: trap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch, snare; trick
Synonyms: ambush, beguile, circumvent, collar*, corner*, corral*, deceive, decoy, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, fool, grab, hook, inveigle, land*, nab, nail*, net, overtake, seduce, snag, surprise, take, tangle, trammel, ambuscade, box in, mousetrap, rope in, suck in, trip up*
Antonyms: release, let go
Main Entry: ambush
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lying in wait; concealed position
Synonyms: camouflage, concealment, deception, hiding, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick*, ambuscade, ambushment, hiding place, waiting, waylaying
Main Entry: ambush
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lie in wait; attack
Synonyms: assail, assault, decoy, ensnare, entrap, hide, hook*, jump, lurk, net, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay, ambuscade, box in, bushwhack, dry gulch, hem in, jap, lay for, set trap
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
Main Entry: blind
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: screen, covering
Synonyms: blinder, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, facade, front, mask, trap, veil, blindfold, blinker
Main Entry: bottle up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold in check
Synonyms: check, collar, contain, cork, corner, cramp, curb, enclose, entrap, hold back, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, trap, box up, bring to naught, coop up, cover up, hold down, hold in, keep back, keep feeling inside oneself, keep secret, shut in
Antonyms: confide, reveal, tell
Main Entry: capture
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch and forcefully hold
Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, bag*, bust*, catch, collar, conquer, cop, get, grab*, hook*, land, nab*, nail*, net, occupy, overwhelm, pick up*, pinch*, pull in, round up*, run in*, secure, seize, snare, snatch, take, take into custody, trap, tumble, gain control, prehend, put the cuffs on, take captive, take prisoner
Antonyms: free, liberate, lose, release, let go
Main Entry: coop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confine
Synonyms: cage, corral, detain, enclose, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, keep, pen, shut up, trap, close in, fence in, hem in, hold captive, hold prisoner, lock up, put under lock and key, shut in
Notes: a coop is a cage or enclosure; a co-op is a cooperative organization
Antonyms: set free
Main Entry: decoy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bait, entrap
Synonyms: allure, come on, con, deceive, delude, ensnare, entice, fascinate, inveigle, lure, mislead, seduce, steer, tempt, toll, tout, trap, wile, egg one on, ensorcell, lead on, lead up garden path, mousetrap, rope in, shill, suck in
Main Entry: enmesh
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: involve in a situation
Synonyms: catch, embroil, ensnare, entangle, entrap, hook, implicate, incriminate, net, snare, snarl, tangle, trammel, trap, box in, drag into, draw in, lay a trap for, lay for*, make party to
Antonyms: exclude, leave out
Main Entry: entangle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: involve, mix up
Synonyms: bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, embarrass, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle, duke in, embrangle, enchain, intertangle, lead on, rope in
Antonyms: disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist
Main Entry: entanglement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: complication, predicament
Synonyms: affair, association, cobweb, complexity, confusion, difficulty, embarrassment, embroilment, imbroglio, intricacy, intrigue, involvement, jumble, knot, liaison, mesh, mess, mix-up, muddle, snare, tangle, toil, trap, web, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, tie-up
Antonyms: simplicity, disentanglement
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
Main Entry: entrap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: capture, involve
Synonyms: allure, bag*, beguile, catch, decoy, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, hook, implicate, inveigle, lure, net, seduce, set up, snare, tempt, trap, trick, benet, box in, lay for*, lead on, reel in, rope in, suck in
Antonyms: clear, disentangle, exclude, free, liberate, release
Main Entry: hook
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grab, catch
Synonyms: angle, bag, clasp, crook, curve, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fasten, fix, hasp, lasso, net, pin, secure, snare, trap
Antonyms: release, unlock, let go, unhook, unlatch
Main Entry: lure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bait
Synonyms: ambush, appeal, attraction, bribe, call, camouflage, come-on*, con game*, decoy, delusion, draw, enticement, fake, gimmick, hook, illusion, incentive, inducement, invitation, pull, seduction, sitting duck*, snare, temptation, tout, trap, trick, allurement, carrot*, inveiglement, magnet, mousetrap, seducement, siren song, sweetener
Antonyms: deterrent, warning
Main Entry: mesh
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: netting, entanglement
Synonyms: cobweb, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, morass, net, network, plexus, screen, snare, snarl, tangle, trap, web, reticulation, skein, toils, tracery
Main Entry: mesh
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: entangle, connect
Synonyms: agree, catch, coincide, combine, coordinate, dovetail, engage, enmesh, ensnare, fit, harmonize, interlock, knit, net, snare, tangle, trap, come together, fit together
Antonyms: disconnect, untangle, unmesh
Main Entry: mire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: delay, catch up in
Synonyms: bog down, cling, decelerate, detain, dirty, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, flounder, implicate, involve, retard, set back, sink, snare, soil, stick, tangle, trap, hang up, slow down, slow up
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