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ensnare
[en-snair] 
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ensnare
[en-snair]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trap |
| Synonyms: | bag*, bat eyes at, capture, catch, cheat, come on, deceive, decoy, embroil, enmesh, entangle, entice, entrap, hook, inveigle, lure, mislead, net, rope in, snag, snare, snarl, suck in, tangle, trick |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | captivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attract, enchant |
| Synonyms: | allure, beguile, bewitch, charm, dazzle, delight, draw, enamour, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, entertain, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, gratify, grip, hold, hook, hypnotize, infatuate, intrigue, lure, magnetize, make a hit with, mesmerize, please, rope in, seduce, spellbind, sweep off one's feet, take, turn one on, vamp, wile, win |
| Antonyms: | disgust, disillusion, offend, repel, repulse |
| Main Entry: | circumvent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, mislead |
| Synonyms: | avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, circumnavigate, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, get around, hoodwink, outflank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, steer clear of, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, ward off |
| Notes: | circumnavigate means to proceed completely around while circumvent means to avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing duties, questions, or issues |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, help, permit |
| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beat out of, beguile, betray, bilk, buffalo, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, cross up, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, impose upon, lead on, outwit, play joke on, pull fast one, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, suck in, swindle, take advantage of, take for, take for ride, take in, take to cleaners, trick, victimize |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bait, entrap |
| Synonyms: | allure, come on, con, deceive, delude, egg one on, ensnare, ensorcell, entice, fascinate, inveigle, lead on, lead up garden path, lure, mislead, mousetrap, rope in, seduce, shill, steer, suck in, tempt, toll, tout, trap, wile |
| Main Entry: | embroil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve in dispute; complicate |
| Synonyms: | cause trouble, compromise, confound, confuse, derange, disorder, disturb, disunite, encumber, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, implicate, incriminate, involve, mire, mix up, muddle, perplex, snarl, tangle, trouble |
| Antonyms: | exclude, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | enmesh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve in a situation |
| Synonyms: | box in, catch, drag into, draw in, embroil, ensnare, entangle, entrap, hook, implicate, incriminate, lay a trap for, lay for, make party to, net, snare, snarl, tangle, trammel, trap |
| 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, duke in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, enchain, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertangle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, lead on, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, rope in, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | entrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | capture, involve |
| Synonyms: | allure, bag*, beguile, benet, box in, catch, decoy, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, hook, implicate, inveigle, lay for, lead on, lure, net, reel in, rope in, seduce, set up, snare, suck in, tempt, trap, trick |
| Antonyms: | clear, disentangle, exclude, free, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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