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Noun
Something intended to entice or incite someone to do something
Food placed on a hook or in a net or trap to entice fish or other animals as prey
Something designed to mislead to divert attention
A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone
Verb
To attract or lure by temptation, typically using deception
To deceive or fool someone, typically by luring them
To annoy or provoke through teasing
To catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line
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▲
Noun
▲
Something intended to entice or incite someone to do something
lure
enticement
temptation
allurement
inducement
attraction
incentive
draw
pull
carrot
decoy
snare
magnet
incitement
trap
bribe
seducement
honeypot
shill
siren
come-on
turn-on
siren song
carrot and stick
persuasion
sweetener
encouragement
invitation
stimulus
inveiglement
spur
provocation
impetus
motive
ambush
motivation
interest
allure
stimulation
stimulant
douceur
charm
entrapment
call
fake
trick
camouflage
impulse
goad
mousetrap
coaxing
hook
cajolery
blandishment
urge
drawing card
influence
catalyst
consideration
exhortation
shot in the arm
momentum
reason why
tantalization
teaser
challenge
overture
bung
candy
sugared pill
gimmick
solicitation
appeal
siren call
fascination
enchantment
glamor
US
glamour
UK
attractiveness
magnetism
urging
reason
yeast
boost
convincing
prompting
inducing
drive
insistence
premium
excuse
ground
inspiration
determinant
ambuscade
ensnarement
persuading
cause
conversion
stirring
goading
pushing
instigation
pressure
pressurization
US
rationale
purpose
offer
pitfall
spring
surprise
ambushment
seduction
facade
catch
distraction
plant
chicane
trickery
pretence
UK
deception
chicanery
pretense
US
blind
imitation
front
prodding
suasion
façade
drawing power
nark
incitation
con
red herring
reward
smoke screen
leader
desire
brainwash
twist
perk
pressurisation
UK
needling
beseeching
stool pigeon
clarion call
hard sell
sweet talk
snow job
soft soap
egging on
set-up
kick up the backside
arm-twisting
honey trap
prompt
fillip
prod
push
driving force
excitement
motivating force
goal
grounds
pressing
kick
propellant
impulsion
stimulator
end
geeing-up
crowd puller
source
kindling
reminding
actuation
aim
mainspring
causation
trigger
activation
fuelling
UK
flash
charge
piquing
sting
rousing
agitation
suggestion
focus
seductiveness
arousal
lift
awakening
fueling
US
cue
desirability
stirring up
reminder
whipping up
loadstone
lodestone
jog
spurring
ammunition
prick
will
excitant
needle
motivator
spark plug
bewitchment
fodder
compulsion
help
food
intellectual nourishment
initiation
aid
animus
nudge
uplift
tonic
kick in the pants
behest
inception
reviver
animation
intrigue
spice
courting
temptingness
fuel
oxygen
example
model
pick-me-up
animating force
tittivation
titillation
gravitation towards
enlivenment
origin
basis
muse
inclination towards
hint
assistance
invigoration
US
dare
taunt
baiting
revelation
fount
beginning
root
fountain
generator
inspo
red rag
casus belli
creativeness
beacon
eureka
fomentation
jogging
cues
hints
reminders
arousing
pass
approach
proposition
beacon of hope
shining light
guiding light
enkindling
envigoration
UK
centre of attention
UK
intention
intent
chief reason
chief motive
impelling cause
prime mover
motive force
warning
advice
suggestions
crowd-pleaser
move
attention-grabber
attention-getter
attention draw
spurring on
objective
ambition
design
stoking up
focal point
hate-mongering
bang
precipitant
fireworks
concern
object
hope
triggering off
proposal
determination
resolve
wish
aspiration
preoccupation
target
pretension
ideal
dream
eye-opener
center of attention
US
resolution
mission
vision
care
plan
thinking
agenda
play
enticingness
charisma
likableness
captivation
duende
end game
holy grail
agreeability
pizzazz
US
agreeableness
pizazz
engagingness
prepossessingness
magic
pleasingness
advance
feeler
hidden motive
hidden agenda
vested interest
score to settle
Holy Grail
object of desire
special interest
pleasantness
animal magnetism
attractivity
oomph
force field
pzazz
UK
witchery
more ❯
“Eunice had hit upon the very idea which I had been going to use as a
bait
to get her to go to Polmeer with me.”
Noun
▲
Food placed on a hook or in a net or trap to entice fish or other animals as prey
lure
decoy
teaser
fly
jig
plug
troll
“Normally, of course, the fisherman puts some kind of
bait
on the hook such as nightcrawlers or balls of dough.”
Noun
▲
Something designed to mislead to divert attention
red herring
subterfuge
ploy
device
ruse
wile
artifice
deception
blind
trick
hoax
pretence
UK
pretense
US
expedient
bluff
manoeuvre
UK
sham
smokescreen
feint
cover
dodge
contrivance
machination
maneuver
US
distraction
gimmick
commotion
decoy
deviation
distractor
disturbance
diversion
interruption
lure
attention-grabber
put-on
curve ball
diversionary tactic
false clue
false face
false trail
fool's errand
misleading clue
put-up job
smoke screen
wild-goose chase
deceit
play
stratagem
irresistible bait
honeytrap
gambit
hoodwinking
imposture
make-believe
shift
snare
duck
pretext
stall
mock attack
pretension
cheat
fake
scheme
flimflam
con
game
jig
fraud
sleight
fetch
scam
plot
stunt
wheeze
shenanigan
knack
trickery
juggle
tactic
swindle
facade
intrigue
façade
cheating
sting
front
plan
chicanery
move
masquerade
grift
trap
lurk
humbug
shenanigans
set-up
con trick
craftiness
chicane
bunco
twist
disguise
rort
false front
canard
gamesmanship
codology
flanker
method
dishonesty
snow job
finesse
skulduggery
craft
cover-up
cloak
mask
screen
misrepresentation
racket
jugglery
camouflage
legerdemain
artfulness
skullduggery
setup
kidology
lie
sell
fastie
dissimulation
charade
imposition
angle
schlenter
rig
guise
cunning plan
confidence trick
jiggery-pokery
wangle
hanky-panky
semblance
manipulation
booby trap
curveball
smoke and mirrors
sleight of hand
catch
funny business
double-dealing
measure
guile
hustle
slyness
show
fraudulence
cunning
strategy
monkeyshines
duplicity
illusion
conspiracy
swindling
switch
jive
loophole
posturing
prank
fakery
delusion
leg-pull
duping
wiles
Trojan horse
spoof
instrument
sport
veil
con game
fast one
scenario
sophistry
take-in
monkey business
little game
escapade
act
simulation
feigning
secret
means
counterfeit
hocus-pocus
game plan
sweet talk
soft soap
veneer
sharp practice
demarche
shuffle
fig leaf
play-acting
window-dressing
curtain
design
whitewash
evasion
cabal
fiddle
sellout
caper
antic
quackery
insincerity
proposition
treachery
ambush
shtick
charlatanry
feat
sanctimoniousness
improvisation
cunningness
deviousness
falsehood
distortion
invention
kicker
crookedness
oldest trick in the book
deceitfulness
action
brainchild
dirty trick
clever move
manoeuvring
UK
dirty work
winning move
eye-catching novelty
jest
scene
bit
hypocrisy
underhandedness
maneuvering
US
rip-off
cant
falsity
unscrupulousness
Tartufferie
knavery
course of action
line of action
one-upmanship
bait and switch
falseness
jiving
snow
specious reasoning
artful argument
deceptiveness
phoneyness
fourberie
gin
lies
propaganda
bread and circuses
bread and games
fake out
false show
management
pitfall
mere show
empty talk
forgery
dragnet
inveiglement
enticement
temptation
hook
allurement
seducement
snag
false colors
pose
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
phoniness
dissembling
stratagems
come-on
surreptitiousness
furtiveness
posture
masking
burlesque
faking
fiction
imitation
smoke
wire-pulling
double-crossing
affectation
smoke-screen
disguising
closeting
attitude
display
appearance
performance
hokum
bilk
ride
shuck
shamming
stance
airs
posing
playacting
fabrication
falsification
dissemblance
fast shuffle
mare's nest
confidence game
false display
chaser
a put-up job
a put-on
shuck and jive
hamming
phoney
UK
phony
US
dissimilation
scheming
slant
more ❯
Noun
▲
A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone
bribe
payoff
kickback
fix
backhander
sweetener
inducement
incentive
bung
gift
gratuity
reward
cumshaw
graft
boodle
present
sop
carrot
payola
compensation
enticement
perquisite
dropsy
price
gravy
lagniappe
perk
allurement
take
douceur
drop
plugola
schmear
sling
blackmail
buyoff
contract
envelope
feedbag
goody
grease
ice
lure
protection
remuneration
sweetening
pay-off
hush money
corrupt money
fringe benefit
influence peddling
reward for treachery
corrupting gift
payment
tip
cut
favour
UK
favor
US
bribery
rake-off
handout
bonus
baksheesh
money
commission
payout
kick-back
palm greasing
money under the table
ransom
liberation money
sum
token
throw-in
extra
dividend
donative
pourboire
smalls
bonsella
something extra
fee
small change
little something extra
gravy train
little something
little extra
bit extra
prize
return
recompense
profit
accolade
desert
crown
award
bounty
honour
UK
benefit
premium
requital
gain
winnings
meed
decoration
honor
US
plus
advantage
repayment
consideration
guerdon
purse
merit
perks
feather in cap
garland
goodies
gratification
prize money
deserts
just deserts
just reward
more ❯
Verb
▲
To attract or lure by temptation, typically using deception
lure
entice
tempt
beguile
seduce
allure
decoy
attract
betray
draw
solicit
fascinate
pull
lead on
inveigle
entrap
induce
coax
hook
ensnare
suck in
persuade
cajole
wheedle
woo
mousetrap
deceive
invite
delude
rope in
trap
wile
trick
charm
steer
dupe
mislead
toll
snare
honey
lead
come on
lead astray
drag
rope
tantalize
US
turn on
appeal to
draw in
tantalise
UK
make your mouth water
dangle a carrot in front of
sucker
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
bribe
string along
dare
come on to
sweet-talk
smooth-talk
sweep off feet
draw out
captivate
titillate
excite
bat eyes at
prevail on
interest
intrigue
whet the appetite of
hoodwink
dangle
arouse someone's interest in
sell
persuade to buy
influence
motivate
gull
beckon
implicate
involve
keep hanging
keep someone hanging on
flirt with
entangle
enmesh
train
incriminate
embroil
embrangle
win over
broil
mire
engage
frame
set up
fit up
con
lay a trap for
ensorcell
tout
blandish
blarney
talk into
soft-soap
urge
flatter
sway
get round
convince
butter up
palaver
get
work on
bring round
encourage
worm
snow
oil
soap
prevail upon
argue into
get around
sweeten up
banter
jolly
stroke
fool
cheat
egg on
press
flatter into
work over
cozen
outsmart
outwit
wangle
get next to
plague
jawbone
soothe
pester
importune
barter
tease
talk round
trip up
catch out
impel
arm-twist
talk someone into something
incline
incite
twist one's arm
bring around
stimulate
cause
convert
move
talk
make
coerce
argue
finagle
court
prod
reason
soften up
more ❯
“But just when he agreed with his inner demons on how he would
bait
her with his tired and helpless act in the parking lot, a man walked in and approached her with a hug and kiss.”
Verb
▲
To deceive or fool someone, typically by luring them
deceive
fool
mislead
delude
hoodwink
beguile
bluff
con
dupe
misdirect
bamboozle
hoax
misstate
prevaricate
scam
snooker
trick
bilk
cozen
hose
sucker
swindle
cheat
inveigle
misrepresent
shaft
snow
defraud
outfox
pervert
betray
buffalo
burn
diddle
ensnare
entrap
outwit
victimise
UK
victimize
US
lead astray
take in
string along
fake out
lead on
rip off
rope in
suck in
do a number on
double-cross
lead up the garden path
play for a sucker
pull a fast one on
pull a swifty on
take advantage of
take for a ride
gull
put one over on
misinform
manipulate
misguide
gaff
hornswoggle
have
humbug
spoof
gammon
juggle
catch
rook
have on
impose on
hook
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
decoy
seduce
entice
tempt
lure
poke borack
put someone up to something
disinform
flimflam
doublespeak
illude
lie
befool
stick
exploit
chisel
propagandize
US
distort
bunk
fudge
kid
fabricate
jockey
take
finesse
give wrong information to
bait and switch
jive
propagandise
UK
pull the wool over someone's eyes
lie to
mousetrap
put on
overreach
send on a wild goose chase
pull one's leg
caboodle
throw off the scent
put on the wrong track
put on an act
entangle
enmesh
lead up garden path
give someone a bum steer
cover up
wrong steer
play trick on
put up smoke screen
give the wrong impression
lead down the garden path
put on false front
double-talk
play
sting
stiff
do
fleece
mulct
finagle
euchre
fiddle
bunco
screw
chicane
swizzle
sharp
skin
take to the cleaners
sell a pup to
hustle
sell
bleed
shortchange
ream
beat
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
stitch up
set up
squeeze
short
skunk
thimblerig
chouse
pluck
nobble
goldbrick
rob
trap
shuck
wangle
milk
fake
sandbag
catch out
make a fool of
shake down
do in
jerk around
pull wires
pull strings
double-deal
contrive
lull
gouge
cross
clip
falsify
outsmart
play a trick on
rig
use
pull fast one
one-up
gaslight
pull someone's leg
four-flush
do the dirty on
play with
trifle with
fix
play games
double deal
sell down the river
throw dust in someone's eyes
frame
embezzle
sham
blag
cajole
juke
sway
fox
pilfer
wheedle
thwart
impress
stump
circumvent
disappoint
psych out
throw
bias
play away
cross up
take for a fool
run a game on
play games with
trifle
dally
play joke on
take to cleaners
beat out of
take for ride
toy
wanton
flam
play-act
sell a pup
get the better of
pull a fast one
make a sucker of
pull wool over
play for a fool
hocus-pocus
do number on
do out of
sucker into
sell a bill of goods to
do someone in the eye
trip up
hand a line
rush
trim
lirt
blench
rogue
belirt
crib
toy with
dally with
make use of
twist around your little finger
stage-manage
backstab
play fast and loose with
pull something funny
stack the cards
stretch the rules
hit below the belt
play dirty
bend the rules
short-change
give the runaround
send on a wild-goose chase
fail
baffle
pull
fast talk
take out
split
give bum steer
break the rules
screw over
give the shaft
two-time
sell out
be unfaithful to
arrange
be disloyal to
stab in the back
let down
play someone false
break faith with
operate
angle
machinate
swing
connive
conspire
plot
work
influence
bring off
collude
lobby
fib
mistreat
capitalize on
misuse
abuse
profit from
step on
walk all over
play on
target
take liberties with
prey on
cash in on
maltreat
use for one's own ends
ill-use
leverage
control
dissimulate
exaggerate
pretend
dissemble
perjure
equivocate
misspeak
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
forswear
not tell the truth
BS
be economical with the truth
not speak the truth
fake it
make up a story
tell stories
tell a falsehood
invent a story
lie through one's teeth
stretch the truth
tell a white lie
perjure oneself
tell untruths
be untruthful
break promise
make believe
tell a terminological inexactitude
tell a lie
lack candor
put up a front
concoct a story
forswear oneself
bear false witness
be forsworn
say something untrue
depart from the truth
tell an untruth
commit perjury
more ❯
“The opponent had used a scheme to
bait
him out of his guard and then sneak attack him from the shadows.”
Verb
▲
To annoy or provoke through teasing
tease
needle
provoke
taunt
annoy
irritate
hound
torment
badger
goad
harass
hassle
plague
bother
guy
persecute
mock
rag
rib
aggravate
ridicule
bedevil
gall
irk
nark
pester
torture
chaff
gibe
harry
haze
heckle
ride
wind up
get
pick on
anger
nag
razz
hack you off
take the mickey
be on the back of
get on the nerves of
take the piss out of
get in the hair of
give a hard time
vex
bug
bully
trouble
worry
exasperate
nettle
disturb
kid
rile
josh
pique
ruffle
hector
make fun of
devil
peeve
dog
joke
roast
chivvy
rally
get at
be on your back
hack off
miff
heavy
chafe
exacerbate
deride
get to
infuriate
poke fun at
jeer at
twit
rub up the wrong way
jive
drive up the wall
laugh at
put out
banter
rasp
quiz
eat
sledge
molest
grate
agitate
nudge
keep on at
jibe at
scoff at
get across
jeer
get on your nerves
rag on
make sport of
burn up
have on
insult
victimize
US
upset
pursue
gnaw
spite
niggle
importune
hump
offend
chiack
fun
frost
affront
gripe
smoke
prod
itch
shuck
victimise
UK
keep after
rankle
get under your skin
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“Charlie loved to
bait
him, but his jibes usually rolled off Travis's back like water off an oilskin tarp.”
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To catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line
fish
catch
angle
cast
net
trawl
chum
seine
go fishing
catch fish
fly-fish
cast one's net
cast a line
cast one's hook
bait the hook
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pull out
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bait and switch
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