leading on

Main Entry:
allure [uh-loor]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: entice
Synonyms: attract, bait, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, charm, coax, come on, decoy, draw, enchant, entrap, fascinate, hook*, inveigle, lead on, lure, magnetize, persuade, pull, seduce, suck in, sweep off feet, tempt, turn on, wile, win over
Antonyms: deter, discourage, dissuade, prevent, repel, threaten, turn off, warn
Main Entry: coquet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tease
Synonyms: dally, flirt, fool, gold-dig, lead on, make eyes at, operate, philander, string along, titillate, toy, trifle, vamp, wanton, wink at
Antonyms: be shy
Main Entry: dally/dally with
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have love affair
Synonyms: be insincere with, carry on, cosset, fool around, frivol, frolic, gambol, have a fling, lead on, play around, rollick, romp, tamper, wanton
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
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: draw out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prolong
Synonyms: attract, continue, drag, drag out, elongate, extend, lead on, lengthen, make longer, prolongate, protract, pull, spin, spin out, stretch, string out, tug
Antonyms: clip, shorten
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: entice
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: allure; persuade
Synonyms: attract, bait, bat eyes at, beguile, cajole, coax, decoy, draw, entrap, inveigle, lead on, lure, prevail on, seduce, tempt, toll, turn on, wheedle
Antonyms: disgust, dissuade, repel, repulse, turn away, turn off
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
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