Trap

//tɹæp//

Synonyms for "trap" (241 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (49)

ambush snare allure allurement ambuscade ambushment archway artifice back door bag bait bait the hook baited trap barway bazoo beguile besiege betray birdlime blind

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bobby booby trap bottle bulkhead bull bunker carriage carriage entrance catch catch out catch up cellar door cellarway chaps charm chops come on come-on confine conspiracy

Noun(7 words)

snare ambuscade ambush box bunker buttonhole cakehole

Verb(2 words)

check coax

Strong matches (72)

Related words (120)

john law joker jowl jowls keep kisser land lasso lime lintel lips loaded lock lure lurking hole machination mandibles maneuver maw maxilla

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Noun(26 words)

love nest lying in wait maw muff muffin pink canoe potato trap premises pump puss pussy rattletrap rosebud sand trap super soaker toy trap music twinkle va-jay-jay vadge

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vagina vajay vicky victoria virginia yap

Verb(4 words)

pin pin down snare trammel

Related word relations

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

10 relation types

More general

23 entries

capture carriage catch confine coup de main deal design detain device drain drainpipe equipage hazard hold mechanical device mouth

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More specific

95 entries

Chinese finger trap Heligoland trap Macbeth trap Malaise trap NET P trap Penning trap Rybachy trap S trap SLAM trap Thucydides trap activity trap baby trap bass trap bear trap beartrap

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Synonyms

4 entries

ambush bunker pin down snare

Related terms

5 entries

entrap entrapment trap set trapping trip-trap

derived

38 entries

TRAP law around the traps belly trap betrap debt trap diplomacy fall into a trap flowline trap fly out of the traps hash-trap heffalump trap live-trap pony and trap race out of the traps trap and trace trap ball trap bar

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

drab

has context

14 entries

african american vernacular english animal australia bodybuilding computing derogatory historical hunt legislation music slang sometimes considered sports us

is a

7 entries

carriage design device drain mechanical device mouth triggerable device

manner of

2 entries

capture hold

related to

33 entries

adorn anime belongings carriage character cubicle drug electronic music ensnare entrap entrapment exception gold rush hip hop hole igneous

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Translations

347 translations across 90 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

kurth noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

παγίς noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
παγιδεύω verb (to catch in a trap or traps)
περικλείω verb (to ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap)

Arabic

4 entries

فخ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
فخ noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
فَخّ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
فَخّ noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Armenian

4 entries

թակարդ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ծուղակ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ծուղակ noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
որոգայթ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Assamese

1 entries

ফান্দ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

duzaq noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
tələ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Bashkir

1 entries

тоҙаҡ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Basque

1 entries

tranpa noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Belarusian

2 entries

люк noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)
па́стка noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Bengali

1 entries

ফাঁদ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Bulgarian

4 entries

двуко́лка noun ((historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs)
капа́н noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
капа́н noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
кло́пка noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Catalan

4 entries

parany noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
parany noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
sifó noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
trampa noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Cebuano

1 entries

lit-ag noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

تەڵە noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
داو noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏌᏛᎥᏍᎦ verb (to catch in a trap or traps)
ᎠᏌᏛᎥᏍᎦ verb (to ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

偽娘 /伪娘 noun (someone who is anatomically male but who passes as female)
圈套 noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
圈套 noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
陷阱 noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Czech

4 entries

léčka noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
past noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
sifon noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
zápachová uzávěrka noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Danish

2 entries

fælde noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
vandlås noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Dutch

4 entries

klep noun (slang: mouth)
val noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
val noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
valdeur noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)

Esperanto

1 entries

kaptilo noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Estonian

3 entries

lõks noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
lõks noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
püünis noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Finnish

4 entries

ansa noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ansa noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
ansa noun (place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet)
hajulukko noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

French

4 entries

charrette anglaise noun ((historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs)
clapet noun (slang: mouth)
collet noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
gueule noun (slang: mouth)

Galician

4 entries

ichó noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
panterlo noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
trampa noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
trapa noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)

Georgian

2 entries

მახე noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ხაფანგი noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

German

4 entries

Falle noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
Falle noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
Fallgrube noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)
Falltür noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)

Greek

4 entries

δόκανο noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
παγίδα noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
παγίδα noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
παγίδα noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)

Hebrew

3 entries

מַלְכֹּדֶת noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
מלכודת noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
לכד verb (to catch in a trap or traps)

Higaonon

1 entries

lit-ag noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Hungarian

4 entries

bűzelzáró noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
csapda noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
csapda noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
csapóajtó noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)

Icelandic

1 entries

gildra noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Irish

2 entries

dol noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
trap noun ((historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs)

Italian

4 entries

tranello noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
tranello noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
trappola noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
trappola noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Japanese

2 entries

罠 noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
罠 noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Kaitag

1 entries

ттям noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Kazakh

2 entries

тұзақ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
қақпан noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

vēuháutsīe noun (a type of trap to catch birds using bait with adjustable loop)

Khmer

3 entries

អន្ទាក់ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ទាក់ verb (to catch in a trap or traps)
ទាក់ verb (to ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap)

Kikuyu

2 entries

gĩterenge noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
mũtego noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Korean

3 entries

덫 noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
올가미 noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
함정 noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

капкан noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
тузак noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Lao

4 entries

ກະຕໍ່າ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ກັບ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ຂາ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ຄືນ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Latin

4 entries

rēte noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
tenus noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
laqueō verb (to catch in a trap or traps)
laqueō verb (to ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap)

Latvian

3 entries

lamatas noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
murds noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
slazds noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Lithuanian

2 entries

pinklės noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
spąstai noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Luhya

1 entries

kumutego noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Lü

2 entries

ᦟᦸᧄ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ᦷᦢᧂᧉᦢᦱᧆ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Macedonian

3 entries

клопка noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
стапица noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
стапица noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Malay

1 entries

jerat noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Malayalam

2 entries

കെണി noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
കെണി noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Meru

1 entries

mutego noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Middle English

2 entries

trappe noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
trappe noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Mongolian

2 entries

урхи noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
хавх noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Māori

3 entries

pehipehi noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
tarapu noun ((historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs)
tārore noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Navajo

1 entries

beeʼódleehí noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Neapolitan

1 entries

fregà verb (to ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

mgala noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

felle noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
vannlås noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

vasslås noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Old English

2 entries

fealle noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
fealle noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

دام noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
طوزاق noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
طوزاق noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
قپان noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Persian

3 entries

تله noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
دام noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
نژنک noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Polish

4 entries

dwukółka noun ((historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs)
gęba noun (slang: mouth)
klapa noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)
matnia noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Portuguese

4 entries

alçapão noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)
arapuca noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
arapuca noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
armadilha noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Romanian

2 entries

capcană noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
capcană noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Russian

4 entries

двуко́лка noun ((historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs)
западня́ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
западня́ noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
капка́н noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

craos noun (slang: mouth)
ribe noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ribe noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
rib verb (to catch in a trap or traps)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

zȃmka noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
за̑мка noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Slovak

2 entries

pasca noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
pasca noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Slovene

2 entries

past noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
zanka noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Spanish

4 entries

bombillo noun (place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet)
cepo noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
sifa noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
sifón noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Swahili

4 entries

mtego noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
mtego noun (device used to hold and suddenly release an object)
tega verb (to provide with a trap)
tega verb (to set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game)

Swedish

4 entries

fallucka noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)
fälla noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
fälla noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
vattenlås noun (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)

Tagalog

1 entries

bitag noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Tajik

4 entries

дом noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
тала noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
тузоқ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
қапқон noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Tamil

3 entries

உடைமை noun (belongings)
பொறி noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
வலை noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Tarifit

2 entries

anday noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
anday noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)

Tatar

1 entries

тозак noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Thai

2 entries

กับ noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
กับดัก noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Tibetan

1 entries

རྙི noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Turkish

3 entries

gaga noun (slang: mouth)
kapan noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
tuzak noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Turkmen

1 entries

duzak noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Ukrainian

3 entries

люк noun (covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor)
па́стка noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ха́пка noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Uyghur

2 entries

توزاق noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
قاپقان noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Uzbek

2 entries

qopqon noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
tuzoq noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bẫy noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
mỏ noun (slang: mouth)
bẫy verb (to catch in a trap or traps)
bẫy verb (to ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap)

Walloon

4 entries

atrape noun (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
bricole noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
cepe noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
ricepe noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Welsh

3 entries

magl noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
trap noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)
trap noun ((historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs)

Yiddish

1 entries

פּאַסטקע noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Yup'ik

1 entries

kapkaanaq noun (device designed to catch or kill animals)

Sample sentences

70 total sentences available.

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Cheese often lures a mouse into a trap.

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The old man freed the little fox from the trap.

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"Watch out for the trap!" she screamed.

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We set a trap to catch a fox.

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