I could not resist the lure of great profits.
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Lure
//lʊə//
Synonyms for "lure" (184 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
Related words (92)
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Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
56 entriesShowing 16 of 56 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
124 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δελεάζω verb (to entice)
Bulgarian
3 entries- примамка noun (tempting or attractive object)
- примамвам verb (to entice)
- съблазнявам verb (to entice)
Catalan
4 entries- esca noun (tempting or attractive object)
- esca noun (artificial fishing bait)
- esquer noun (tempting or attractive object)
- esquer noun (artificial fishing bait)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 誘惑 /诱惑 verb (to entice)
Czech
4 entries- lákadlo noun (tempting or attractive object)
- návnada noun (artificial fishing bait)
- třpytka noun (artificial fishing bait)
- vějička noun (tempting or attractive object)
Danish
4 entries- blink noun (artificial fishing bait)
- lokkemad noun (tempting or attractive object)
- lokkemiddel noun (tempting or attractive object)
- lokke verb (to entice)
Dutch
4 entries- lokkertje noun (tempting or attractive object)
- lokmiddel noun (tempting or attractive object)
- aantrekken verb (to entice)
- lokken verb (to entice)
Esperanto
1 entries- logi verb (to entice)
Finnish
4 entries- houkutin noun (tempting or attractive object)
- uistin noun (artificial fishing bait)
- viehe noun (artificial fishing bait)
- houkutella verb (to entice)
French
4 entries- attrait noun (tempting or attractive object)
- leurre noun (artificial fishing bait)
- attirer (dans un piège) verb (to entice)
- leurrer verb (to entice)
Friulian
2 entries- lescje noun (tempting or attractive object)
- lescje noun (artificial fishing bait)
Galician
4 entries- abeto noun (tempting or attractive object)
- anzol noun (artificial fishing bait)
- cebo noun (tempting or attractive object)
- isca noun (tempting or attractive object)
German
4 entries- Anlockungsmittel noun (tempting or attractive object)
- Köder noun (artificial fishing bait)
- Lockmittel noun (tempting or attractive object)
- Lockung noun (tempting or attractive object)
Ingrian
1 entries- manitella verb (to entice)
Italian
4 entries- esca noun (tempting or attractive object)
- esca noun (artificial fishing bait)
- richiamo noun (tempting or attractive object)
- adescare verb (to entice)
Japanese
3 entries- 誘い出す verb (to entice)
- 誘い込む verb (to entice)
- 誘惑する verb (to entice)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tāi noun (tempting or attractive object)
Latin
1 entries- illecebra noun (tempting or attractive object)
Macedonian
1 entries- при́мами verb (to entice)
Middle English
2 entries- snaren verb (to entice)
- snarlen verb (to entice)
Māori
4 entries- poa noun (artificial fishing bait)
- poapoa noun (artificial fishing bait)
- kohinu verb (to entice)
- poapoa verb (to entice)
Norwegian
1 entries- agn noun (artificial fishing bait)
Old High German
1 entries- spanan verb (to entice)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رات noun (falconry)
Polish
4 entries- błysk noun (artificial fishing bait)
- błystka noun (artificial fishing bait)
- błyszcz noun (artificial fishing bait)
- błyszczka noun (artificial fishing bait)
Portuguese
2 entries- isca noun (artificial fishing bait)
- atrair verb (to entice)
Russian
4 entries- блесна́ noun (artificial fishing bait)
- прима́нка noun (tempting or attractive object)
- завлека́ть verb (to entice)
- мани́ть verb (to entice)
Spanish
4 entries- aliciente noun (tempting or attractive object)
- cebo noun (tempting or attractive object)
- cebo noun (artificial fishing bait)
- curricán noun (tempting or attractive object)
Swedish
3 entries- agn noun (artificial fishing bait)
- bete noun (artificial fishing bait)
- locka verb (to entice)
Telugu
3 entries- ఎర noun (artificial fishing bait)
- గాలము noun (tempting or attractive object)
- ఊరించు verb (to entice)
Thai
1 entries- ล่อ verb (to entice)
Turkish
4 entries- câzibe noun (tempting or attractive object)
- yem noun (artificial fishing bait)
- zoka noun (artificial fishing bait)
- çığırtkan noun (tempting or attractive object)
Yiddish
2 entries- מאַניעניש noun (tempting or attractive object)
- מאַניעניש noun (artificial fishing bait)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He felt the lure of adventure.
Source: tatoeba (303715)
No man can resist the lure of a woman.
Source: tatoeba (537795)
The distress call of a young dolphin has been used to lure a large pod of the animals to safety.
Source: tatoeba (2187036)
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