What is another word for decoy?
679 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dˈiːkɔ͡ɪ], [ dˈiːkɔɪ], [ d_ˈiː_k_ɔɪ]Table of Contents
Similar words for decoy:- Trojan horse (noun)
- bait, trap (noun)
- booby trap (noun)
- catch (noun)
- cheat (noun)
- deception (noun)
- decoy (noun)
- enticement (noun)
- hypocrite (noun)
- lure (noun)
- person (noun)
- stool pigeon (noun)
- temptation (noun)
- trick (noun)
- allure (verb)
- ambush (verb)
- bait, entrap (verb)
- cajole (verb)
- coax (verb)
- ensnare (verb)
- entrap (verb)
- inveigle (verb)
- kidnap (verb)
- lure (verb)
- seduce (verb)
- snare (verb)
- sweet-talk (verb)
- tempt (verb)
- trap (verb)
- other synonyms
- ambush
- coax
- ensnare
- inveigle
- kidnap
- seduce
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Decoy:
n.
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- manipulation.
- chicanery,
- camouflage,
- fake,
- ensnarement,
- chicane,
- pretense,
- stick,
- drawing card,
- trickery,
- beard,
- blow off,
- front,
- plant,
- booster,
- allurement,
- stoolie,
- facade,
- imitation.
- catch-22's,
- fly the ointment,
- catch22's,
- fly in ointment,
- catch22,
- fly ointment,
- catch 22,
- catch 22's.
- doublecrosser,
- pre-tenders,
- double crosser,
- doubledealers,
- pre tender,
- pre-tender,
- pre tenders,
- confidence operators,
- connivers,
- double dealers,
- doubledealer,
- double-dealers.
- Illusions,
- fast shuffle,
- hogwash,
- fast one,
- chicanes,
- jive,
- coverup,
- feint,
- cover up,
- mare's-nest,
- jives.
- smoothie,
- four-flusher,
- Attitudinizer,
- Dissimulator,
- sophists,
- lip server,
- smoothies,
- backsliders,
- dissemblers,
- Pharisees,
- pharisee,
- hypocrite,
- two-face,
- casuists,
- phonies,
- dissembler,
- two-timer,
- fourflusher,
- wolf in sheep's clothing,
- backslider,
- playactor,
- sophist,
- tartuffe,
- casuist,
- bluffers.
v.
•allure (verb)- be-witch,
- be-witched,
- sweeping feet,
- sweep feet,
- de-coy,
- sucking in,
- be guiles,
- sweeps feet,
- de-coys,
- de coys,
- swept feet,
- de-coying,
- swept off feet,
- sweeping off feet,
- be-witches,
- be-witching,
- be-guiles,
- de-coyed,
- be guile,
- be witching,
- de coy,
- be witches,
- sweeps off feet,
- de coying,
- sucks in,
- be-guile,
- be witch,
- be witched,
- de coyed.
- sur rounding,
- japping,
- sets trap,
- laid for,
- boxed in,
- sur prise,
- laying for,
- sur-prised,
- japped,
- setting trap,
- sur-rounded,
- sur-rounding,
- sur prises,
- lays for,
- sur prising,
- sur rounded,
- boxing in,
- sur-prises,
- sur-prising,
- sur-prise.
- rope in,
- toll,
- lead up garden path,
- deceive,
- egg one on,
- wile,
- con,
- mislead,
- fascinate,
- ensorcell,
- come on,
- tout,
- steer,
- delude.
- makes to,
- laying thick,
- in-duce,
- makes up to,
- laying it thick,
- argues in to,
- in duce,
- making up to,
- spreading on,
- laid it thick,
- softsoaps,
- mis-leads,
- handing line,
- sweetened up,
- lay it thick,
- lays thick,
- playing up to,
- argue in to,
- handed a line,
- gotten next to,
- rubbed right way,
- argues into,
- handed line,
- in-duces,
- rubbing the right way,
- works over,
- handing a line,
- hands a line,
- gets around,
- playing to,
- make to,
- made to,
- sucked up to,
- works on,
- soft soaping,
- de lude,
- mis-leading,
- softsoaping,
- lays it on thick,
- sucking up to,
- suck to,
- softsoaped,
- gets next to,
- mis leads,
- spreading it on,
- wrought over,
- sweetens up,
- in duces,
- played up to,
- making to,
- soft soaped,
- sucks up to,
- mis-lead,
- gotten around,
- mis leading,
- plays up to,
- rubbing right way,
- got next to,
- sucks to,
- got around,
- rubs right way,
- spreads on,
- sucked to,
- hands line,
- lay thick,
- gat around,
- mis lead,
- de-lude,
- getting next to,
- lays it thick,
- wrought on,
- play to,
- soft-soaps,
- de-ludes,
- de ludes,
- sucking to,
- gat next to,
- argued in to,
- spreads it on,
- rubbed the right way,
- argued into,
- softsoap,
- made up to,
- rub right way,
- rubs the right way,
- played to,
- plays to,
- sweetening up,
- laid thick,
- laid it on thick,
- lays on thick,
- laying on thick.
- armtwisted,
- arm twists,
- co axing,
- co-axed,
- ropes in,
- talks in to,
- talked into,
- co-axing,
- roping in,
- talk in to,
- arm-twists,
- arm-twisted,
- talking into,
- talked in to,
- prevails upon,
- arm twisting,
- co axed,
- talking in to,
- talks into,
- arm twist,
- armtwist,
- armtwisting,
- armtwists,
- arm twisted,
- prevail up on.
- be netting,
- be-nets,
- reels in,
- Benetted,
- reeling in,
- be-netting,
- reeled in,
- be netted,
- be nets,
- benets,
- benetting,
- be-netted,
- be-net,
- be net.
- make with,
- made off with,
- laid hands on,
- re-move,
- carrying away,
- bodying snatch,
- bundles off,
- bundled off,
- re move,
- bodies snatch,
- runs away with,
- carries away,
- re-moves,
- spirited away,
- re-moving,
- makes with,
- making with,
- ran away with,
- bundling off,
- spirits away,
- made with,
- spiriting away,
- running away with,
- re moved,
- carrying off,
- skyjacks,
- makes off with,
- laying hands on,
- carries off,
- re moving,
- bodied snatch.
- sweep ones feet,
- sweep off one feet,
- sweeping one feet,
- sweeping one's feet,
- sweeps off ones feet,
- swept one's feet,
- swept off one feet,
- sweeping ones feet,
- sweeps one feet,
- sweeps one's feet,
- sweep one feet,
- sweep off ones feet,
- swept one feet,
- sweeps ones feet,
- sweeps off one's feet,
- in vite,
- sweeping off ones feet,
- swept off ones feet,
- swept ones feet,
- hits on,
- sweep one's feet,
- sweeping off one feet,
- sweeping off one's feet,
- hitting on,
- sweeps off one feet.
- made mouth water,
- in cites,
- turned one head,
- turning head,
- turned one's head,
- pro-moting,
- turn head,
- pro-motes,
- turning one head,
- pro moting,
- in-cite,
- turns ones head,
- turn ones head,
- making mouth water,
- turns one's head,
- in-cited,
- appealing to,
- turn one head,
- pro-mote,
- makes mouth water,
- turned ones head,
- turned head,
- turns one head,
- turning ones head,
- in cite,
- turning one's head,
- appeals to,
- turns head.
Other synonyms:
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- fishing line,
- shotgun,
- rod,
- gaff,
- bribe,
- shark net,
- kickback,
- drifter,
- creel,
- trawl net,
- drift net,
- gimmickry,
- lobster pot,
- bribery,
- fishing tackle,
- baksheesh,
- psychological warfare,
- hush money,
- sop,
- fishing rod,
- trawler,
- wader,
- fishnet.
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- harpoon,
- special pleading,
- payola,
- trawl,
- lever,
- sinker,
- attraction,
- blackmail.
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- reel.
- Blarneyed,
- WORMS,
- Wormed,
- jawbones,
- soothe,
- jawboning,
- sweet-talk,
- arm-twist,
- jawboned,
- talk into,
- jawbone,
- Blarneying,
- roped in,
- Worming,
- worm,
- arm-twisting.
- Pirated,
- carried off,
- run away with,
- lay hands on,
- lays hands on,
- skyjacked,
- spirit away,
- make off with,
- carry away,
- carry off,
- Pirating,
- bundle off,
- making off with,
- skyjack,
- skyjacking,
- body snatch,
- carried away.
- birdlime,
- Springle,
- conjuror,
- flirt with,
- tangle,
- lime,
- enmesh,
- enticing,
- steersman,
- gin,
- divert,
- mine,
- give the come-on,
- win,
- noose,
- Hocus,
- draw,
- trifle with,
- set gun,
- induce,
- charm,
- misguide,
- persuade,
- bewilder,
- crimp,
- Illaqueate,
- trip,
- snarl,
- catch out,
- cajolingly,
- bunko steerer,
- ensnarl,
- beguiling,
- bat the eyes,
- humbug,
- hum,
- tantalizing,
- firetrap,
- coax,
- throw,
- dissemble,
- contrivance,
- woo,
- alluring,
- flytrap,
- Nousel,
- train,
- tantalising,
- tempting,
- seductive,
- By-bidder,
- confuse,
- helmsman,
- bamboozle,
- swindler,
- come over,
- trepan,
- Trapan,
- influence,
- fool,
- deviation,
- appliance,
- debauch,
- draw on,
- drawing,
- deathtrap,
- Ignis Fatuus,
- draw in,
- charming,
- Springe,
- confound,
- call,
- thief,
- lead astray,
- stall,
- prevail on,
- agent provocateur,
- artifice,
- drawcard,
- Entoil,
- attract,
- bribery and corruption,
- wind,
- nick,
- masked battery,
- hook in,
- stuff up,
- jockey,
- false bottom,
- Trapdoor,
- pitfall,
- Capper,
- Intrap,
- stale,
- endearment,
- shanghai,
- Trojan Horse,
- flummox,
- let in,
- bait the hook,
- Immesh,
- flirt,
- coxswain,
- coy,
- apparatus,
- knave,
- ground bait,
- rope,
- Forelay,
- juggler,
- balk,
- flatter,
- ambush,
- cherry blossom,
- hoodwink,
- mesh,
- blandish,
- lead,
- rattrap,
- jobber,
- meshes,
- coaxingly,
- bewitch,
- attractive,
- judas,
- mask,
- invite,
- spring gun,
- emblem,
- entangle,
- captivate,
- misdirect,
- vamp,
- cobweb,
- hoot,
- rogue,
- toils,
- beguile,
- hook,
- green goods,
- Nousle,
- gammon,
- sell,
- betray,
- distract,
- Decoy-duck,
- dionaea,
- Sniggle,
- prestidigitator.
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Antonyms for Decoy:
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n.
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bait, trap
honesty, openness, discouragement, frankness, truthfulness, truth, original, repulsion, reality.
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bait, trap
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v.
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bait, entrap
disenchant, be honest, let go, dissuade, turn off, repel, repulse, disgust, discourage, release.
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bait, entrap
Homophones for Decoy:
- detox, dickie, decease, dg, das, Dhaka, disc-jockey, decay, dds, duchess, disguise, decius, duds, dec, dagga, doge, diazo, dockage, dizygous, dish, discuss, dj, degas, day watch, dioecious, dusky, douche, dietetics, disk access, De Sica, dough, doughy, dicey, dozy, dhegiha, dickey, doss, dyke, diocese, dog house, dyschezia, Diesis, disa, dizzy, duck, DECO, doze, dig, dika, disk cache, dashiki, dash, dog, dis, deice, dukas, d.c., doggo, disco, dusk, dogie, duck's egg, duke, duse, deck-house, doohickey, digs, death wish, desk, dicky, deuce, dachsie, disease, dhak, dos, dutch, dec 24, disuse, daze, dacca, dak, diaz, duce, de-ice, dts, detusk, disk, desex, dais, 365 days, deathwatch, death tax, dias, doghouse, dosage, dogy, dowse, deck, decoke, dacha, dekko, dose, dug, dead duck, doggy, degage, detick, daishiki, dachau, daucus, DCI, do the dishes, dosshouse, dock, doggie, doxy, dice, doc, daisy, de-access, disk-jockey, dotage, duck sauce, dix, discus, dawes, dace, dago, dodge, DTIC, dag, dike, Dutch Hoe, dehisce, dog show, deuce-ace, diathesis, discase, des, dyaus, ds, deixis, degauss, dassie, dishy, 366 days, disc, duteous, dick, ducky, dixie, ditch, disc jockey, dkg, deutzia, dietetic, disk jockey, dyadic, dodgy, days, dec 25, DC, deduce, deeds, death house, dead sea, douse, DoJC, detach, duchy, diss, DoJ.
Hypernym for Decoy:
Hyponym for Decoy:
n.
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person
cheat, slicker, confederate, trickster, cheater, deceiver, accomplice, beguiler.
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person
v.