entice
Dangle a carrot
To entice is to attract or lure someone toward something, usually by making it seem appealing or desirable: The smell of fresh bread enticed customers into the bakery.
The word often implies temptation—drawing someone toward pleasure, opportunity, or sometimes trouble.
You entice with promises, rewards, or charm: They enticed him away from his old job with a bigger salary.
Draw toward wrongdoing
- tantalizeTease with unreachable things
- teaseMock playfully
- seduceLure into intimacy
- desireIntense wanting
craving · longing · temptation · forbidden · sinful · irresistible · succumb · yield
Hold attention irresistibly
- enchantMagically captivate someone
- beguileCharm into deception
- mesmerizeCapture attention completely
- bewitchCaptivate by supernatural means
entrance · spellbind · fascinate · charm · attract · magnetize · dazzle · seduce
tempt
Draw toward wrongdoing
desire · craving · longing · temptation · forbidden · sinful · irresistible · succumb · yield · weakness
captivate
Hold attention irresistibly
bewitch · entrance · spellbind · fascinate · charm · attract · magnetize · dazzle · seduce · tantalize
lure
Thing that tempts
decoy · trap · snare · incentive · inducement · carrot · sweetener · come-on · draw · attraction
coax
Persuade by gentle urging
sway · influence · wheedle · sweet-talk · inveigle · win over · draw in · lead on · rope in · talk into
- flirtingpickup line, wink, winking, hair flip, chat-up line
- allureattraction, attract, magnetism, charisma, attractiveness
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
enticerepel
Drive off or disgust
repulse · disgust · revolt · drive away · turn off
enticedeter
Prevent through intimidation
discourage · dissuade · scare off · daunt · intimidate
enticing, enticement, enticed, entices, enticer, enticements, enticers, unenticing