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Another word for lure

Noun

  1. Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward

    2. See also:

    like

  2. Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult

    3. See also:

    safety

    like

  3. The power or quality of attracting

    4. See also:

    like

Another word for lure

Verb

  1. To beguile or draw into a wrong or foolish course of action

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    persuasion

  2. To direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action

    3. See also:

    like

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for lure

Noun
    2. See also:

    trick

    camouflage

Another word for lure

Verb
    2. See also:

    tempt

    tempt

    seduce

    fascinate

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Sentence Examples

  • You can always walk away, she told him, repeating the words Darkyn used to lure her into the deal they made originally.

  • Jackson frantically searched his mind for ways to lure him away from here.

  • At the very beginning of the war our armies were divided, and our sole aim was to unite them, though uniting the armies was no advantage if we meant to retire and lure the enemy into the depths of the country.

  • And it had been Katie who sent him that picture - to lure him up here?

  • Once I have disposed of the you two and your newborn, I shall lure her pack here a few at a time and destroy them all.

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