lure
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
Types & categories
- attractiveness hypernym
Related & opposite
- lure derivation
Sense 2 verb
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
He lured me into temptation
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- enticement derivation
- bait derivation
- lure derivation
- enticement derivation
- bait derivation
- tempter derivation
- temptable derivation
Sense 3 noun
anything that serves as an enticement
Types & categories
- enticement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- chum hyponym
- fisherman's lure hyponym
- ground bait hyponym
- stool pigeon hyponym
Parts & wholes
- trap part holonym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lure |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | attractiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | enticement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bait |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | enticement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bait |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tempter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | temptable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | provoke |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seduce |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stool |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lead on |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tweedle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decoy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bait |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sweeten |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snare |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | addict |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bait |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | enticement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | decoy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bait |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | trap |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | chum |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fisherman's lure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ground bait |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stool pigeon |