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| Main Entry: | |
| 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
| Main Entry: | attraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to draw attention; something that draws attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, captivation, charm, chemistry, come-on, courting, draw, drawing power, enchantment, endearment, enthrallment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, it, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, solicitation, temptation, tendency |
| Antonyms: | repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for luring |
| Synonyms: | allurement, attraction, bribe, come-on, drag, enticement, inducement, lure, seducement, shill, snare, temptation, trap |
| Main Entry: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait, trap |
| Synonyms: | allurement, attraction, beard, blind, blow off, booster, camouflage, catch, chicane, chicanery, come-on, deception, drawing card, ensnarement, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, inveiglement, lure, nark, plant, pretense, seducement, shill, sitting duck, snare, stick, stool pigeon, stoolie, temptation, trick, trickery |
| 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: | incentive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lure, inducement |
| Synonyms: | allurement, bait, carrot, catalyst, come-on, consideration, determinant, drive, encouragement, enticement, excuse, exhortation, goad, ground, impetus, impulse, incitement, influence, insistence, inspiration, instigation, motivation, motive, persuasion, provocation, purpose, rationale, reason, reason why, spring, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, temptation, urge, whip |
| Notes: | the temporal orientation of incentive is toward the future; that of inducement is toward the past |
| Antonyms: | block, hindrance, turn-off |
| Main Entry: | inducement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incentive, motive |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bait, brainwash*, carrot, cause, come-on, con*, consideration, desire, encouragement, hard sell, hook*, impulse, incitement, influence, leader, lure, reward, snow job, soft soap, spur, stimulus, sweet talk, temptation, twist, urge |
| Notes: | the temporal orientation of incentive is toward the future; that of inducement is toward the past |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, disincentive, hindrance, prevention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proposal; asking |
| Synonyms: | allurement, appeal, attraction, begging, bid, bidding, call, challenge, compliments, coquetry, date, encouragement, enticement, feeler, ground, hit, incitement, inducement, invite, lure, motive, offer, open door, overture, paper, pass, petition, pressure, proffer, prompting, proposition, provocation, rain check, reason, request, solicitation, suggestion, summons, supplication, temptation, urge |
| 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 |
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