The car dealer tried to ensnare me in extra options.
Source: tatoeba (10890854)
Ensnare
//ɛnˈsnɛə//
Synonyms for "ensnare" (84 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (42)
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Translations
54 translations across 19 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kurthoj verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παγιδεύω verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Bulgarian
1 entries- впримчвам verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Czech
2 entries- chytit do pasti verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- polapit verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Dutch
4 entries- strikken verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- vangen verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- verstrikken verb (to entangle)
- verwikkelen verb (to entangle)
French
2 entries- empêtrer verb (to entangle)
- piéger verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
German
4 entries- einfangen verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- fangen verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- verheddern verb (to entangle)
- verstricken verb (to entangle)
Hungarian
1 entries- tőrbe csal verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Italian
1 entries- intrappolare verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Latin
2 entries- illaqueō verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- illaqueō verb (to entangle)
Middle English
1 entries- snaren verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Māori
4 entries- hīrau verb (to entangle)
- porowhiwhiwhiwhi verb (to entangle)
- porowhīwhiwhi verb (to entangle)
- pōtari verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Portuguese
3 entries- emaranhar verb (to entangle)
- engodar verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- enredar verb (to entangle)
Romanian
2 entries- a prinde în capcană verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- ademeni verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Russian
2 entries- запутать verb (to entangle)
- поймать verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rib verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Spanish
3 entries- atrapar verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- enmarañar verb (to entangle)
- enredar verb (to entangle)
Swedish
2 entries- snärja verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
- snärja verb (to entangle)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- bang-un verb (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light” exhibit features jellyfish that glow green, anglerfish whose lantern-like bulbs dangle from their foreheads and luminous glowworms that hang mucus-like strands from cave ceilings to attract and ensnare their prey.
Source: tatoeba (11200179)
Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race!
Source: wiktionary
The Geese and the Cranes fed in the same meadow. A birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.