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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enticement |
| Synonyms: | allurement, attraction, cajolery, come-on, inducement, lure, persuasion, tantalizing, temptation |
| Main Entry: | conquest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enchantment; person enchanted |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, adherent, admirer, captivation, catch, enthrallment, enticement, fan, feather in cap, follower, prize, seduction, supporter, worshiper |
| Main Entry: | dalliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | love affair |
| Synonyms: | a little on the side, affair, amorous play, carrying on, fling, fooling around, frolicking, hanky-panky, messing around, relationship, seduction, toying, working late at office |
| Main Entry: | debauchery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immoral self-indulgence |
| Synonyms: | bender, binge, blowout, burning candle at both ends, bust, carousal, depravity, dissipation, dissoluteness, drunk*, excess, fast living, fornication, gluttony, incontinence, indulgence, intemperance, intimacy, la dolce vita, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, license, licentiousness, life in fast lane, lust, orgy, overindulgence, revel, revelry, seduction, sensuality, sybaritism, tear* |
| Antonyms: | benevolence, giving, mercifulness, unselfishness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enticement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allurement; persuasion |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bait, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, come hither, come-on, decoy, fascination, inducement, inveiglement, lure, mousetrap, promise, seduction, snare, sweetener, sweetening, temptation, trap |
| Antonyms: | disgust, dissuasion, repulsion |
| Main Entry: | love affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | love relationship |
| Synonyms: | adultery, affair, affair of the heart, affaire de coeur, amour, courtship, dalliance, devotion, entanglement, extracurricular activity, fling, flirtation, forbidden love, hanky-panky, illicit love, infidelity, intrigue, involvement, liaison, love, ménage à trois, passion, relationship, romance, romantic affair, seduction, sexual relationship outside of marriage, thing, triangle, tryst |
| Main Entry: | lure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait |
| Synonyms: | allurement, ambush, appeal, attraction, bribe, call, camouflage, carrot, come-on, con game, decoy, delusion, draw, enticement, fake, gimmick, hook, illusion, incentive, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, magnet, mousetrap, pull, seducement, seduction, siren song, sitting duck, snare, sweetener, temptation, tout, trap, trick |
| Antonyms: | deterrent, warning |
| Main Entry: | persuasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influencing to do, believe |
| Synonyms: | alignment, alluring, arm-twist, blandishment, brainwashing, cajolery, cogency, con*, conversion, enticement, exhortation, force, goose, hard sell, hook*, inducement, inveiglement, persuasiveness, potency, power, promote, pull*, seduction, sell*, snow job, soft soap, squeeze*, sweet talk, wheedling, winning over, working over |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dissuasion, hindrance, prevention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | temptation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lure, attraction |
| Synonyms: | allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, blandishment, coaxing, come-on, decoy, draw, enticement, fancy, fascination, hankering, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, provocation, pull, seducement, seduction, snare, tantalization, trap*, yen |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dislike, repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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