Bait

//beɪt//

Synonyms for "bait" (237 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (48)

tease worry come on aggravate allure allurement annoy attraction badger bait the hook baited trap bat the eyes be at bedevil beset birdlime bite blandish bola bother

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bribe bristle brown off bug bullyrag burn up cajole carrot charm chivy coax cobweb come-on decoy

Verb(10 words)

badger bedevil beleaguer beset bow down before the porcelain god bug cast chevy chuck cod

Noun(3 words)

belly-timber come-on comestible

Adjective(1 words)

blatant

Strong matches (71)

Noun(5 words)

decoy esculent food grub hook

decoy duck devil discompose distemper disturb dog dragnet draw draw in draw on drawcard drawing card drive up the wall encouragement endearment ensnare entice enticement entrap exasperate

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Verb(9 words)

drive the porcelain bus farm give someone grief grief harass harry heave hound hurl

Adjective(3 words)

elucidate evident famous

Related words (118)

lime lure madden meshes miff molest morsel nag needle net nettle noose nudzh offer bait to payment peeve percentage persecute persuasive pester

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Noun(11 words)

lure multicolour yawn nosebag pavement pizza provender pudding scran sweetener technicolor yawn troll vomit

Verb(22 words)

mommick persecute pester pick at plague pray to the porcelain god rag rally razz regurgitate ride spew up tantalise tantalize taunt tease toss toss one's cookies twit vex

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worship the porcelain god worship the porcelain goddess

Adjective(9 words)

notable obvious patent pellucid plain as day plain as porridge plain to see prima facie undissembled

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

12 entries

assail assault attack bemock device entice enticement lure mock set on tempt temptation

Synonyms

2 entries

tease worry

derived

83 entries

Oscar bait YouTube bait bait advertising bait and switch bait ball bait bill bait bills bait boat bait box bait bug bait car bait dog bait money bait up bait-and-switch bait-cord

Showing 16 of 83 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

bite

has context

1 entries

mle

is a

2 entries

device temptation

manner of

2 entries

assail entice

part of

1 entries

trap

receives action

1 entries

attached to fish hook

related to

36 entries

allure alluring annoy bite blatant entice famous feed fish fishing hook fishing line flap flutter fly food harass

Showing 16 of 36 words.

used for

4 entries

attract fish to one's fishing line catch bass catch fish lure fish

Translations

196 translations across 65 languages.

Aklanon

1 entries

paon noun (substance used in catching animals)

Aleut

1 entries

umĝix̂ noun (substance used in catching animals)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

δέλεαρ noun (substance used in catching animals)
δελεάζω verb (to attract with bait)

Arabic

1 entries

طُعْم noun (substance used in catching animals)

Armenian

1 entries

խայծ noun (substance used in catching animals)

Asturian

4 entries

carnada noun (substance used in catching animals)
enguadu noun (substance used in catching animals)
guieldu noun (substance used in catching animals)
raba noun (substance used in catching animals)

Basque

3 entries

amuzki noun (substance used in catching animals)
beita noun (substance used in catching animals)
jaki noun (substance used in catching animals)

Bikol Central

1 entries

paon noun (substance used in catching animals)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

umpan noun (substance used in catching animals)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изкуше́ние noun (anything which allures)
прима́мка noun (anything which allures)
стръв noun (substance used in catching animals)
примамвам verb (to attract with bait)

Catalan

4 entries

esquer noun (substance used in catching animals)
esquer noun (anything which allures)
atreure verb (to attract with bait)
engormandir verb (to attract with bait)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

چەشە noun (substance used in catching animals)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

毒饵 noun (poisoned food to kill pests)
誘餌 /诱饵 noun (substance used in catching animals)
魚餌 /鱼饵 noun (substance used in catching animals)

Cornish

1 entries

treustrumm noun (substance used in catching animals)

Czech

4 entries

lákadlo noun (anything which allures)
návnada noun (substance used in catching animals)
návnada noun (anything which allures)
otrávená návnada noun (poisoned food to kill pests)

Danish

2 entries

agn noun (substance used in catching animals)
madding noun (substance used in catching animals)

Dutch

4 entries

aas noun (substance used in catching animals)
lokaas noun (substance used in catching animals)
aantrekken verb (to attract with bait)
lokken verb (to attract with bait)

Faroese

2 entries

agn noun (substance used in catching animals)
egna verb (to affix or attach a bait)

Finnish

4 entries

eväs noun (portion of food or drink taken on a journey)
ruokatauko noun (light or hasty luncheon)
syötti noun (substance used in catching animals)
syötti noun (poisoned food to kill pests)

French

4 entries

appât noun (substance used in catching animals)
appât noun (poisoned food to kill pests)
leurre noun (anything which allures)
appâter verb (to attract with bait)

Friulian

1 entries

lescje noun (substance used in catching animals)

Galician

4 entries

besbello noun (anything which allures)
engado noun (substance used in catching animals)
engado noun (anything which allures)
ensenrada noun (anything which allures)

German

4 entries

Giftköder noun (poisoned food to kill pests)
Köder noun (substance used in catching animals)
Köder noun (anything which allures)
Lockmittel noun (anything which allures)

Greek

2 entries

δόλωμα noun (substance used in catching animals)
δόλωμα noun (anything which allures)

Hungarian

4 entries

csali noun (substance used in catching animals)
csali noun (anything which allures)
csalétek noun (substance used in catching animals)
csalétek noun (anything which allures)

Icelandic

2 entries

agn noun (substance used in catching animals)
beita noun (substance used in catching animals)

Indonesian

1 entries

umpan noun (substance used in catching animals)

Italian

4 entries

esca noun (substance used in catching animals)
esca noun (anything which allures)
adescare verb (to attract with bait)
innescare verb (to affix or attach a bait)

Japanese

4 entries

毒餌 noun (poisoned food to kill pests)
誘惑 noun (anything which allures)
餌 noun (substance used in catching animals)
餌で釣る verb (to attract with bait)

Korean

4 entries

독미끼 noun (poisoned food to kill pests)
먹이 noun (substance used in catching animals)
미끼 noun (substance used in catching animals)
유혹 noun (anything which allures)

Latin

2 entries

esca noun (substance used in catching animals)
inescō verb (to attract with bait)

Macedonian

1 entries

мамец noun (substance used in catching animals)

Malay

1 entries

umpan noun (substance used in catching animals)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഇര noun (substance used in catching animals)

Mansaka

1 entries

paan noun (substance used in catching animals)

Mongolian

2 entries

өгөөш noun (substance used in catching animals)
ᠥᠭᠭᠦᠭᠡᠰᠢ noun (substance used in catching animals)

Māori

4 entries

māunu noun (substance used in catching animals)
mōunu noun (substance used in catching animals)
parangia noun (substance used in catching animals)
poapoa noun (substance used in catching animals)

Norman

1 entries

bète noun (substance used in catching animals)

Northern Altai

3 entries

нем noun (substance used in catching animals)
ньем noun (substance used in catching animals)
чем noun (substance used in catching animals)

Norwegian

2 entries

agn noun (substance used in catching animals)
beita noun (substance used in catching animals)

Occitan

1 entries

esca noun (substance used in catching animals)

Old Norse

2 entries

agn noun (substance used in catching animals)
beita noun (substance used in catching animals)

Persian

1 entries

طعمه noun (substance used in catching animals)

Polish

4 entries

przynęta noun (substance used in catching animals)
przynęta noun (anything which allures)
trutka noun (poisoned food to kill pests)
wabik noun (anything which allures)

Portuguese

4 entries

engodo noun (anything which allures)
farnel noun (portion of food or drink taken on a journey)
isca noun (substance used in catching animals)
isca noun (poisoned food to kill pests)

Romanian

2 entries

momeală noun (substance used in catching animals)
nadă noun (substance used in catching animals)

Russian

4 entries

искуше́ние noun (anything which allures)
мано́к noun (anything which allures)
нажи́вка noun (substance used in catching animals)
прима́нка noun (substance used in catching animals)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mamac noun (substance used in catching animals)
mamac noun (anything which allures)
мамац noun (substance used in catching animals)
мамац noun (anything which allures)

Slovak

1 entries

návnada noun (substance used in catching animals)

Slovene

3 entries

vaba noun (substance used in catching animals)
vaba noun (poisoned food to kill pests)
vaba noun (anything which allures)

Southern Altai

1 entries

јем noun (substance used in catching animals)

Spanish

4 entries

anzuelo noun (anything which allures)
añagaza noun (substance used in catching animals)
añagaza noun (anything which allures)
carnada noun (substance used in catching animals)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

beti noun (substance used in catching animals)

Swahili

1 entries

chambo noun (substance used in catching animals)

Swedish

4 entries

agn noun (substance used in catching animals)
bete noun (substance used in catching animals)
lockbete noun (anything which allures)
agna verb (to affix or attach a bait)

Tagalog

1 entries

pain noun (substance used in catching animals)

Tamil

1 entries

இரை noun (substance used in catching animals)

Tausug

1 entries

umpan noun (substance used in catching animals)

Thai

1 entries

เหยื่อ noun (substance used in catching animals)

Turkish

3 entries

yem noun (substance used in catching animals)
yemlemek verb (to attract with bait)
yemlemek verb (to affix or attach a bait)

Ukrainian

3 entries

нажи́вка noun (substance used in catching animals)
прима́нка noun (substance used in catching animals)
прина́да noun (substance used in catching animals)

Vietnamese

1 entries

mồi noun (substance used in catching animals)

Volapük

2 entries

bätazib noun (substance used in catching animals)
bätazib noun (anything which allures)

Welsh

2 entries

abwyd noun (substance used in catching animals)
abwyd noun (anything which allures)

Yakan

1 entries

umpen noun (substance used in catching animals)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If you want to stay a member of this club, you have to fish or cut bait.

Source: tatoeba (60465)

I put a bait on a hook.

Source: tatoeba (259561)

Before he went fishing, he dug up some worms for bait.

Source: tatoeba (278436)

He kept complaining so much, without doing anything to help, that I finally had to tell him to fish or cut bait.

Source: tatoeba (288092)

Showing 4 of 35 available sentences.

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