Entice

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To attract by arousing hope or desire; lure: The promise of higher pay enticed me into the new job. See Synonyms at lure.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To draw on or induce by exciting hope or desire; incite by the presentation of pleasurable motives or ideas; allure; attract; invite; especially, in a bad sense, to allure or induce to evil.
  • Synonyms Lure, Decoy, etc. (see allure); tempt, inveigle, wheedle, cajole.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
  • Antonym
    repel    disgust    frighten   
    Verb Form
    enticed    entices    enticing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stimulate    provoke   
    Cross Reference
    tempt    beguile    seduce   
    Hyponym
    hook    call    bait    stool    decoy    snare    lead on    tweedle    seduce   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    incite    tempt    coax    inveigle    persuade    prevail on    decoy    lure    allure    seduce   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brice    Bryce    Grice    Nice    Price    Rice    Weiss    advice    bice    concise