Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "trap" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

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 trap car trap crop trap house trap in trap maker trap music trap nest trap out trap phone trap points trap set trap shoot trap stairs trap street trap yard trap-bath split trap-pop trapdoor trappean trappous trappy traps case

Etymologically Related To

drab

Context

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

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

capture carriage catch confine coup de main deal design detain device drain drainpipe equipage hazard hold mechanical device mouth oral cavity oral fissure plan rig rima oris surprise attack waste pipe

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

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 beginner's trap bell trap booby trap bottle trap bus trap camera trap canary trap cat-trap cold trap copyright trap death trap deathtrap debt trap double trap dust trap elephant trap evolutionary trap fever trap firetrap fish trap fish-trap foot trap funnel trap gene trap gingerbread trap grass trap gravel trap gumption trap harp trap honey trap ink trap ion trap kettle trap lean nitrogen oxide trap liquidity trap live-trap lobster trap louse trap magnetic trap mantrap mess trap middle income trap middle-income trap mind like a steel trap monkey trap mousetrap offside trap opera house trap optical trap penis fly trap potato trap poverty trap radar trap rattle trap rattletrap reverse trap running trap sand trap sedimentary trap sink trap smell trap snap trap speed trap spin trap stench trap stink trap subscription trap sucker trap sun trap tank trap thirst trap tourist trap understand trap unemployment trap value trap volcanic trap welfare trap yellow trap yrast trap

Type Of (IsA)

carriage design device drain mechanical device mouth triggerable device

Manner Of

capture hold

Related Terms

entrap entrapment trap set trapping trip-trap

Related Terms

adorn anime belongings carriage character cubicle drug electronic music ensnare entrap entrapment exception gold rush hip hop hole igneous inspector license mouth movable non op opening processor rock snare stepladder trans woman transvestite trap rock trapball trapdoor trapezius trapshooting

Synonym Network

ambush bunker pin down snare

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.