Snare Synonyms and Antonyms

snâr
Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bait
  2. lure
  3. trap
A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. snare-drum
  2. side drum
To trap with or as if with a snare.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. catch

Words Related to Snare

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. deceive
  2. like
  3. safety
  4. self-locking
  5. leg-hold
  6. traps

Snare Sentence Examples

  • The tarantula, like all its allies, spins no web as a snare but catches its prey by activity and speed of foot.

  • Perhaps the most rudimentary form of snare arose from the spinning of threads round the mouth of the tube to hold it in place.

  • The hunter is taken in his own snare, as the great psalmist says.

  • Spiders which spin no snare are dependent for capturing prey for the most part upon their quickness or powers of lying concealed.

  • The " Otranto " asked if she was to keep out of range, and not getting a clear reply drew out of line on the " Glasgow's " starboard quarter, a potent reminder that a ship that has no guns to fight and no speed to run away is a delusion and a snare.

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