Pitfall

//ˈpɪtfɔl//

Synonyms for "pitfall" (61 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

pit trap anti pattern bait baited trap booby trap catch cobweb coral heads danger

Noun(3 words)

Strong matches (18)

deadfall deathtrap decoy difficulty dionaea entanglement firetrap flytrap gin hazard ironbound coast joker ledge ledges lee shore lure meshes mine

Related words (30)

mole trap mousetrap peril quicksand quicksands rattrap reef risk rockbound coast rocks sandbank sandbar sands set gun shallows shoal shoals snag snake in the grass snare

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spring gun springe toils trapfall undercurrent undertow web

Noun(3 words)

pit trap trapping pit

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

difficultness difficulty trap

More specific

1 entries

ifs, ands, or buts

Synonyms

3 entries

anti pattern pit trap

derived

3 entries

pitfall and gin pitfalled pitfalling

derived from

2 entries

fall pit

has context

1 entries

computing

is a

1 entries

difficulty

related to

6 entries

anti pattern conceal danger hazard problem trap

Translations

67 translations across 27 languages.

Ancient Greek

3 entries

λάπαθος noun (trapping pit)
σιρός noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
σιρός noun (trapping pit)

Bulgarian

2 entries

вълча яма noun (trapping pit)
клопка noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Catalan

1 entries

escull noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

陷阱 noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Danish

3 entries

faldgrube noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
faldgrube noun (trapping pit)
fælde noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Dutch

2 entries

valkuil noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
valkuil noun (trapping pit)

Esperanto

2 entries

enfalujo noun (trapping pit)
kaptilo noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Faroese

1 entries

veiðigrøv noun (trapping pit)

Finnish

4 entries

ansakuoppa noun (trapping pit)
riski noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
sudenkuoppa noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
vaara noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

French

4 entries

chausse-trape noun (trapping pit)
piège noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
trappe noun (trapping pit)
écueil noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

German

4 entries

Fallgrube noun (trapping pit)
Fallstrick noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
Fanggrube noun (trapping pit)
Wildgrube noun (trapping pit)

Hungarian

4 entries

buktató noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
csapda noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
csapda noun (trapping pit)
kelepce noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Irish

1 entries

gaiste noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Italian

4 entries

insidia noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
pericolo noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
trabocchetto noun (trapping pit)
tranello noun (trapping pit)

Japanese

3 entries

落し穴 noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
落とし穴 noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
落穴 noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Latin

1 entries

fovea noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Māori

1 entries

pokereti noun (trapping pit)

Norwegian

2 entries

fangstgrav noun (trapping pit)
fangstgrop noun (trapping pit)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

fallgruve noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

fallgruve noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Persian

2 entries

خطر noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
مشکل noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Portuguese

3 entries

armadilha noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
cilada noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
fojo noun (trapping pit)

Russian

3 entries

западня́ noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
лову́шка noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
подво́дные ка́мни noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Slovak

1 entries

nástraha noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Spanish

4 entries

asechanza noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
escollo noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
obstáculo noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
trampa noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Swedish

4 entries

fallgrop noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
fallgrop noun (trapping pit)
fälla noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)
fångstgrop noun (trapping pit)

Welsh

2 entries

bratbwll noun (trapping pit)
magl noun (potential problem, hazard, or danger)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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The specimen was caught in a pitfall trap sunk in the ground.

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I managed to sidestep every pitfall.

Source: tatoeba (10552074)

Every year, they set out pitfall traps: two-liter plastic buckets buried in the soil, with pieces of slightly rotten chicken for bait.

Source: tatoeba (11068543)

The pitfall that the Leadership Now Project and other groups like it will have to navigate around is the relentless politicization of issues such as voting rights and racial equity.

Source: tatoeba (11068579)

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