tempt
verb
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
dispose or incline or entice to
We were tempted by the delicious-looking food
Types & categories
- invite hypernym
Related & opposite
- solicitation derivation
- allure derivation
- temptation derivation
- tempter derivation
- temptable derivation
- attract entails
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 verb
give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
the window displays tempted the shoppers
Types & categories
- stimulate hypernym
Related & opposite
- invitation derivation
- enticement derivation
- tempter derivation
- temptable derivation
Sense 4 verb
induce into action by using one's charm
She charmed him into giving her all his money
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
try to seduce
Types & categories
- sex hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
try presumptuously
St. Anthony was tempted in the desert
Types & categories
- persuade hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | solicitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | temptation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tempter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | temptable |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | attract |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | invite |
| 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 | invitation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | enticement |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tempter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | temptable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enticement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | charm |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | influence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | influence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tempter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | influence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | temptable |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | persuade |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mesmerize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tempter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | temptable |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | sex |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | tempter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | temptable |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | persuade |