What is another word for tantalize?
919 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈantə͡lˌa͡ɪz], [ tˈantəlˌaɪz], [ t_ˈa_n_t_əl_ˌaɪ_z]
Tantalize is a word that means to tease or tempt someone with something desirable, yet out of reach. There are many synonyms for this word that can be used to make writing more varied and interesting. Some alternatives to tantalize include entice, allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, enchant, fascinate, intrigue, mesmerize, beguile, and entrance. Each of these words captures the spirit of tantalizing in its own unique way, whether through the use of seduction, mystery, or enchantment. By using synonyms like these, writers can add depth and nuance to their writing, and keep readers engaged and interested in their work.
Synonyms for Tantalize:
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• appeal- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- catch eye ,
- catches eye ,
- catches the eye ,
- catching eye ,
- catching the eye ,
- caught eye ,
- caught the eye ,
- in vite ,
- in-vite .
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils ,
- carped at ,
- carping at ,
- carps at ,
- dis commode ,
- dis commodes ,
- dis concert ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis concerts ,
- dis gust ,
- dis gusted ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis gusts ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis please ,
- dis pleased ,
- dis pleases ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-commode ,
- dis-commodes ,
- dis-concert ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-concerts ,
- dis-gust ,
- dis-gusted ,
- dis-gusting ,
- dis-gusts ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays ,
- dis-please ,
- dis-pleased ,
- dis-pleases ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- ex acerbate ,
- ex acerbated ,
- ex acerbates ,
- ex acerbating ,
- ex asperate ,
- ex asperates ,
- ex asperating ,
- ex-acerbate ,
- ex-acerbated ,
- ex-acerbates ,
- ex-acerbating ,
- ex-asperate ,
- ex-asperated ,
- ex-asperates ,
- ex-asperating ,
- grated on ,
- grates on ,
- grating on ,
- in convenience ,
- in conveniences ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- intrude up on ,
- intruded up on ,
- intruded upon ,
- intrudes up on ,
- intrudes upon ,
- intruding up on ,
- intruding upon ,
- picks on ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- argue in to ,
- argued in to ,
- argued into ,
- argues in to ,
- argues into ,
- de coy ,
- de coyed ,
- de coying ,
- de coys ,
- de lude ,
- de ludes ,
- de-coy ,
- de-coyed ,
- de-coying ,
- de-coys ,
- de-lude ,
- de-ludes ,
- gat around ,
- gat next to ,
- gets around ,
- gets next to ,
- getting next to ,
- got around ,
- got next to ,
- gotten around ,
- gotten next to ,
- handed a line ,
- handed line ,
- handing a line ,
- handing line ,
- hands a line ,
- hands line ,
- in duce ,
- in duces ,
- in-duce ,
- in-duces ,
- laid it on thick ,
- laid it thick ,
- laid thick ,
- lay it thick ,
- lay thick ,
- laying it thick ,
- laying on thick ,
- laying thick ,
- lays it on thick ,
- lays it thick ,
- lays on thick ,
- lays thick ,
- made to ,
- made up to ,
- make to ,
- makes to ,
- makes up to ,
- making to ,
- making up to ,
- mis lead ,
- mis leading ,
- mis leads ,
- mis-lead ,
- mis-leading ,
- mis-leads ,
- play to ,
- played to ,
- played up to ,
- playing to ,
- playing up to ,
- plays to ,
- plays up to ,
- rub right way ,
- rubbed right way ,
- rubbed the right way ,
- rubbing right way ,
- rubbing the right way ,
- rubs right way ,
- rubs the right way ,
- soft soaped ,
- soft soaping ,
- soft-soaps ,
- softsoap ,
- softsoaped ,
- softsoaping ,
- softsoaps ,
- spreading it on ,
- spreading on ,
- spreads it on ,
- spreads on ,
- suck to ,
- sucked to ,
- sucked up to ,
- sucking to ,
- sucking up to ,
- sucks to ,
- sucks up to ,
- sweetened up ,
- sweetening up ,
- sweetens up ,
- sweettalk ,
- works on ,
- works over ,
- wrought on ,
- wrought over .
- de pend ,
- de pended ,
- de pending ,
- de pends ,
- de-pend ,
- de-pended ,
- de-pending ,
- de-pends ,
- hanged down ,
- hangs down ,
- hung down .
- be witch ,
- be witched ,
- be witches ,
- be witching ,
- be-witch ,
- be-witched ,
- be-witches ,
- be-witching ,
- de light ,
- de lighted ,
- de lighting ,
- de lights ,
- de-light ,
- de-lighted ,
- de-lighting ,
- de-lights ,
- ex cite ,
- ex cited ,
- ex cites ,
- ex citing ,
- ex-cite ,
- ex-cited ,
- ex-cites ,
- over power ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-powers ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- rivetted ,
- rivetting ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues ,
- trans fix ,
- trans fixed ,
- trans fixes ,
- trans fixing ,
- trans fixt ,
- trans ported ,
- trans-fix ,
- trans-fixed ,
- trans-fixes ,
- trans-fixing ,
- trans-fixt .
- am interesting to ,
- appealing to ,
- appeals to ,
- are interesting to ,
- art interesting to ,
- being interesting to ,
- is interesting to ,
- sate up ,
- sits up ,
- sitting up ,
- was interesting to ,
- wast interesting to ,
- were interesting to ,
- wert interesting to .
- am at ,
- are at ,
- art at ,
- be leaguer ,
- be leaguered ,
- be leaguering ,
- be leaguers ,
- be-leaguer ,
- be-leaguered ,
- be-leaguering ,
- be-leaguers ,
- being at ,
- drave crazy ,
- drave the wall ,
- drave up the wall ,
- drave up wall ,
- drave wall ,
- drive the wall ,
- drive up wall ,
- drive wall ,
- drives crazy ,
- drives the wall ,
- drives up the wall ,
- drives up wall ,
- drives wall ,
- driving crazy ,
- driving the wall ,
- driving up the wall ,
- driving up wall ,
- driving wall ,
- drove crazy ,
- drove the wall ,
- drove up the wall ,
- drove up wall ,
- drove wall ,
- gat hair ,
- gat in hair ,
- gat in one hair ,
- gat in one's hair ,
- gat in ones hair ,
- gat nerves ,
- gat on nerves ,
- gat on one nerves ,
- gat on one's nerves ,
- gat on ones nerves ,
- gat one hair ,
- gat one nerves ,
- gat one's hair ,
- gat one's nerves ,
- gat ones hair ,
- gat ones nerves ,
- gat to ,
- get hair ,
- get in one hair ,
- get in ones hair ,
- get nerves ,
- get on one nerves ,
- get on ones nerves ,
- get one hair ,
- get one nerves ,
- get one's hair ,
- get one's nerves ,
- get ones hair ,
- get ones nerves ,
- gets hair ,
- gets in hair ,
- gets in one hair ,
- gets in one's hair ,
- gets in ones hair ,
- gets nerves ,
- gets on nerves ,
- gets on one nerves ,
- gets on one's nerves ,
- gets on ones nerves ,
- gets one hair ,
- gets one nerves ,
- gets one's hair ,
- gets one's nerves ,
- gets ones hair ,
- gets ones nerves ,
- getting hair ,
- getting in hair ,
- getting in one hair ,
- getting in one's hair ,
- getting in ones hair ,
- getting nerves ,
- getting on nerves ,
- getting on one nerves ,
- getting on one's nerves ,
- getting on ones nerves ,
- getting one hair ,
- getting one nerves ,
- getting one's hair ,
- getting one's nerves ,
- getting ones hair ,
- getting ones nerves ,
- got hair ,
- got in hair ,
- got in one hair ,
- got in one's hair ,
- got in ones hair ,
- got nerves ,
- got on nerves ,
- got on one nerves ,
- got on one's nerves ,
- got on ones nerves ,
- got one hair ,
- got one nerves ,
- got one's hair ,
- got one's nerves ,
- got ones hair ,
- got ones nerves ,
- gotten hair ,
- gotten in hair ,
- gotten in one hair ,
- gotten in one's hair ,
- gotten in ones hair ,
- gotten nerves ,
- gotten on nerves ,
- gotten on one nerves ,
- gotten on one's nerves ,
- gotten on ones nerves ,
- gotten one hair ,
- gotten one nerves ,
- gotten one's hair ,
- gotten one's nerves ,
- gotten ones hair ,
- gotten ones nerves ,
- gotten to ,
- is at ,
- messed with ,
- messes with ,
- messing with ,
- re mind ,
- re minded ,
- re minding ,
- re minds ,
- re-mind ,
- re-minded ,
- re-minding ,
- re-minds ,
- was at ,
- wast at ,
- were at ,
- wert at .
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- dumping on ,
- dumps on ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- re vile ,
- re-vile ,
- scoffing at ,
- scoffs at ,
- swiped at ,
- swipes at ,
- swiping at ,
- up braid ,
- up braided ,
- up braids ,
- up-braid ,
- up-braided ,
- up-braiding ,
- up-braids .
- co axed ,
- co axing ,
- co-axed ,
- co-axing ,
- in cite ,
- in cites ,
- in-cite ,
- in-cited ,
- made mouth water ,
- makes mouth water ,
- making mouth water ,
- mousetrapped ,
- mousetrapping ,
- pro moting ,
- pro-mote ,
- pro-motes ,
- pro-moting ,
- turn head ,
- turn one head ,
- turn ones head ,
- turned head ,
- turned one head ,
- turned one's head ,
- turned ones head ,
- turning head ,
- turning one head ,
- turning one's head ,
- turning ones head ,
- turns head ,
- turns one head ,
- turns one's head ,
- turns ones head .
- be sets ,
- be setting ,
- be-set ,
- be-sets ,
- be-setting ,
- bit nails ,
- bit one nails ,
- bit one's nails ,
- bit ones nails ,
- bite one nails ,
- bite ones nails ,
- bites nails ,
- bites one nails ,
- bites one's nails ,
- bites ones nails ,
- biting one nails ,
- biting ones nails ,
- concerned oneself ,
- concerning oneself ,
- concerns oneself ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- feeling uneasy ,
- feels uneasy ,
- felt uneasy ,
- gnawed at ,
- gnawing at ,
- gnaws at ,
- had qualms ,
- haddest qualms ,
- hadst qualms ,
- has qualms ,
- hast qualms ,
- hath qualms ,
- having qualms ,
- sweated out ,
- sweats out ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settling .
Other synonyms:
- attract ,
- capture someone's interest/imagination/attention ,
- dazzle ,
- enthuse ,
- fire someone with enthusiasm ,
- inspire ,
- intrigue ,
- motivate .
Other relevant words:
- Deviled ,
- Deviling ,
- Devilled ,
- Devilling ,
- Entrapped ,
- Honeying ,
- Infatuating ,
- Inveigling ,
- Jollies ,
- Maneuvered ,
- Ragging ,
- Riveted ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Soaped ,
- Soaping ,
- Trailed ,
- appeal ,
- appeal to ,
- appealed to ,
- argue into ,
- be at ,
- be interesting to ,
- bother ,
- cajole ,
- carp at ,
- dangle ,
- drive crazy ,
- drive up the wall ,
- dump on ,
- dumped on ,
- eat ,
- eaten ,
- eating ,
- enamor ,
- exacerbate ,
- fascinate ,
- get around ,
- get in hair ,
- get in one's hair ,
- get next to ,
- get on nerves ,
- get on one's nerves ,
- get to ,
- gets to ,
- getting around ,
- getting to ,
- got to ,
- grate on ,
- grieve ,
- hand a line ,
- hand line ,
- hang down ,
- hanging down ,
- hinders ,
- honied ,
- impeded ,
- infatuate ,
- infatuates ,
- interest ,
- intoxicate ,
- intoxicates ,
- intrude upon ,
- irk ,
- irritates ,
- jive ,
- jives ,
- jiving ,
- jollied ,
- jollying ,
- laid on thick ,
- lay it on thick ,
- lay on thick ,
- laying it on thick ,
- lead on ,
- leads on ,
- led on ,
- louted ,
- louting ,
- make mouth water ,
- make up to ,
- mesmerize ,
- mess with ,
- molest ,
- mousetrap ,
- mousetraps ,
- needling ,
- perturb ,
- pester ,
- pick on ,
- play up to ,
- remind ,
- ridden ,
- rivet ,
- rivets ,
- rub the right way ,
- sat up ,
- scoff at ,
- scoffed at ,
- send up ,
- sends up ,
- sent up ,
- sit up ,
- soap ,
- soft-soap ,
- soft-soaped ,
- soft-soaping ,
- spite ,
- spoofed ,
- spoofing ,
- spread it on ,
- spread on ,
- suck up to ,
- sweeten up ,
- swipe at ,
- taunt ,
- tease ,
- teasing ,
- tempt ,
- titillate ,
- turn one's head ,
- up set ,
- wheedle ,
- work on ,
- work over ,
- worked on ,
- worked over ,
- working on ,
- working over ,
- worry .
- Appetize ,
- Dumfound ,
- Fleer ,
- Overpersuade ,
- abuse ,
- affect the interest ,
- afflict ,
- agonize ,
- allure ,
- annoy ,
- annoy persistently ,
- arouse ,
- assemble ,
- badger ,
- baffle ,
- balk ,
- banter ,
- barrack ,
- bawl out ,
- be attractive ,
- beat-up ,
- becharm ,
- beckon ,
- bedevil ,
- befool ,
- beguile ,
- beleaguer ,
- berate ,
- beset ,
- bewitch ,
- bilk ,
- bug ,
- call up ,
- captivate ,
- card ,
- carry away ,
- cast down ,
- chafe ,
- chaff ,
- charm ,
- chat up ,
- chew out ,
- chew up ,
- chide ,
- coax ,
- collect ,
- come on to ,
- come up ,
- compile ,
- concern ,
- conciliate ,
- congregate ,
- convene ,
- coquette ,
- cross ,
- crucify ,
- crush ,
- dally ,
- dash ,
- dash one's hope ,
- deceive ,
- decry ,
- deduce ,
- defeat ,
- defy ,
- deride ,
- devil ,
- disappoint ,
- discomfit ,
- discourage ,
- disdain ,
- disillusion ,
- disparage ,
- dissatisfy ,
- distress ,
- disturb ,
- draw on ,
- dress down ,
- drive ,
- drive mad ,
- drum up ,
- dumbfound ,
- dun ,
- dupe ,
- enamour ,
- endear ,
- engage ,
- enrapture ,
- entertain ,
- entice ,
- excite ,
- excruciate ,
- fetch ,
- fire ,
- flirt ,
- flout ,
- fluff ,
- foil ,
- fool ,
- frustrate ,
- gall ,
- gather ,
- get at ,
- gibe ,
- give a bad time ,
- gnaw ,
- goad ,
- gravel ,
- gull ,
- guy ,
- hamstring ,
- harass ,
- harrow ,
- harry ,
- hassle ,
- have words ,
- hector ,
- imitate ,
- inflame with love ,
- inveigle ,
- invite ,
- involve ,
- involve in ,
- irritate ,
- jaw ,
- jeer ,
- jeering ,
- jilt ,
- jolly ,
- keep hanging ,
- kid ,
- lambast ,
- lambaste ,
- laugh at ,
- lecture ,
- let down ,
- loosen ,
- lure ,
- make fun of ,
- make sport of ,
- meet ,
- mobilise ,
- mobilize ,
- mock ,
- mount ,
- muster ,
- muster up ,
- nark ,
- needle ,
- nettle ,
- peeve ,
- persecute ,
- philander ,
- pique ,
- plague ,
- play one false ,
- poke fun at ,
- provoke ,
- put on ,
- rebound ,
- rebuke ,
- remonstrate ,
- reprimand ,
- reproof ,
- rib ,
- ridicule ,
- rile ,
- scoff ,
- scold ,
- scorn ,
- seduce ,
- sit ,
- slang ,
- sneer ,
- stimulate ,
- summon ,
- take-in ,
- tease apart ,
- thrash ,
- thwart ,
- tickle ,
- torment ,
- torture ,
- toy ,
- trounce ,
- vamp ,
- vex ,
- weigh down ,
- wrack .
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How to use "Tantalize" in context?
When used as an adverb, tantalize means to tantalize someone into doing something they might not want to do. Often, this is done by offering an irresistible temptation, such as a tasty dessert, seeing a TV show or movie that someone might be hesitant to watch, or hearing a song that they might not ordinarily listen to. Used as a verb, tantalize means to tantalize someone with the promise of something exciting, such as a sensual massage, a delicious meal, or a glimpse of a hidden treasure.
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