Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call, signal, or lure |
| Synonyms: | allure, ask, attract, bid, coax, command, demand, draw, entice, gesticulate, gesture, invite, motion, nod, pull, sign, summon, tempt, wave |
| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
| Synonyms: | apple polish, argue into, banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up, butter up, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, get around, get next to, hand a line, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, lure, make up to, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, play up to, push, rub the right way, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, work on, work over |
| Antonyms: | bully, force, repel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade |
| Synonyms: | allure, argue into, arm-twist, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, jawbone, lure, pester, plague, press, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, soothe, sweet-talk, talk into, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, work on, worm |
| Antonyms: | allow, not care |
| Main Entry: | dangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend |
| Synonyms: | brandish, depend, droop, entice, flap, flaunt, flourish, hang, hang down, lure, sling, sway, swing, tantalize, tempt, trail, wave |
| Main Entry: | debauch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprave, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bastardize, bestialize, betray, brutalize, debase, defile, deflower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, go bad, go to hell, intrigue, inveigle, lead astray, live in the gutter, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade |
| 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: | dispose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place, order; deal with |
| Synonyms: | actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt |
| Notes: | predispose differs from dispose by implying that the frame of mind is created some time before it becomes obvious |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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