| lure | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. come-on, enticement, lure | qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward. |
| ~ attractiveness, attraction | the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts.; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener | anything that serves as an enticement. |
| ~ enticement, temptation | something that seduces or has the quality to seduce. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. bait, decoy, lure | something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. |
| ~ chum | bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ fish lure, fisherman's lure | (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers. |
| ~ ground bait | bait scattered on the water to attract fish. |
| ~ stool pigeon | a dummy pigeon used to decoy others. |
| ~ trap | a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned. |
| v. (communication) | 4. entice, lure, tempt | provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.; "He lured me into temptation" |
| ~ snare, hook | entice and trap.; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" |
| ~ seduce | lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct.; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor" |
| ~ call | lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal.; "Call ducks" |
| ~ stool | lure with a stool, as of wild fowl. |
| ~ lead on | entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken. |
| ~ tweedle | entice through the use of music. |
| ~ provoke, stimulate | provide the needed stimulus for. |
| ~ decoy | lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy. |
| ~ bait | lure, entice, or entrap with bait. |
| tempt | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. allure, tempt | dispose or incline or entice to.; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food" |
| ~ invite, bid | ask someone in a friendly way to do something. |
| ~ attract, appeal | be attractive to.; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. invite, tempt | give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting.; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| v. (communication) | 3. charm, influence, tempt | induce into action by using one's charm.; "She charmed him into giving her all his money" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| ~ magnetise, mesmerise, mesmerize, bewitch, magnetize, spellbind | attract strongly, as if with a magnet.; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. tempt | try to seduce. |
| ~ sex, wind up, excite, turn on, arouse | stimulate sexually.; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" |
| v. (communication) | 5. tempt | try presumptuously.; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
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