Synonyms for Tempt:

• n.

  •
  • enthuse,
  • excite,
  • fire someone with enthusiasm,
  • dazzle,
  • inspire.
  •
  • court,
  • seek.
  •influence (noun)
  • influence.
  •lure (noun)
  • intrigue,
  • rouse,
  • motivate,
  • instigate,
  • move,
  • tantalize,
  • draw on,
  • stimulate,
  • incite.

• v.

  •allure (verb)
  • be witches,
  • sweeping off feet,
  • be-guiles,
  • be witched,
  • be witch,
  • be-witches,
  • be-witching,
  • sweep feet,
  • be-guile,
  • sucks in,
  • sweeping feet,
  • be-witched,
  • be-witch,
  • be guiles,
  • sweeps feet,
  • sucking in,
  • be guile,
  • swept off feet,
  • swept feet,
  • be witching,
  • sweeps off feet.
  •anger (verb)
  • ex-acerbate,
  • in censing,
  • gat on nerves,
  • in censed,
  • ex cites,
  • ex-acerbating,
  • got ones nerves,
  • dis-please,
  • gat nerves,
  • ex-cites,
  • made sore,
  • in-flaming,
  • gat on one nerves,
  • in-flame,
  • offend,
  • in flame,
  • gotten mad,
  • got on nerves,
  • ex-asperates,
  • ex asperating,
  • ex asperates,
  • ex-asperate,
  • ex cited,
  • boils over,
  • get one nerves,
  • gets mad,
  • dis pleases,
  • gotten on one nerves,
  • gets on ones nerves,
  • umbraging,
  • gat ones nerves,
  • getting on ones nerves,
  • out rage,
  • get nerves,
  • burns up,
  • out-rage,
  • umbraged,
  • dis pleased,
  • got on one nerves,
  • getting on one's nerves,
  • gets on nerves,
  • ex cite,
  • in cense,
  • boiled over,
  • got one's nerves,
  • got one nerves,
  • gat mad,
  • gotten one's nerves,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • getting ones nerves,
  • gets on one's nerves,
  • steams up,
  • ex acerbate,
  • out raging,
  • ex-acerbated,
  • getting one nerves,
  • gotten on nerves,
  • gets one nerves,
  • got mad,
  • gotten on ones nerves,
  • out raged,
  • ex acerbates,
  • ex citing,
  • raises hell,
  • getting nerves,
  • gotten one nerves,
  • burnt up,
  • got on one's nerves,
  • getting on one nerves,
  • in censes,
  • makes sore,
  • out-raging,
  • ex-cited,
  • ex-acerbates,
  • get on ones nerves,
  • get ones nerves,
  • ex-asperated,
  • gat one's nerves,
  • ex-asperating,
  • out-raged,
  • dis-pleased,
  • in flamed,
  • gets on one nerves,
  • in-censing,
  • in-flames,
  • gotten ones nerves,
  • in-censes,
  • gat one nerves,
  • gat on ones nerves,
  • out rages,
  • get one's nerves,
  • getting on nerves,
  • in flaming,
  • making sore,
  • in-flamed,
  • ex acerbated,
  • dis-pleases,
  • ex-cite,
  • out-rages,
  • lose one temper,
  • get on one nerves,
  • raised hell,
  • gat on one's nerves,
  • ex acerbating,
  • got on ones nerves,
  • lose ones temper,
  • getting one's nerves,
  • dis please,
  • gets one's nerves,
  • gets nerves,
  • in-censed,
  • gotten nerves,
  • getting mad,
  • gotten on one's nerves,
  • gets ones nerves,
  • in-cense,
  • dis pleasing,
  • got nerves,
  • ex asperate.
  •appeal (verb)
  • catches the eye,
  • catching eye,
  • catches eye,
  • caught the eye,
  • caught eye,
  • catch eye,
  • catching the eye.
  •attract (verb)
  • giving come on,
  • end eared,
  • sweeps off ones feet,
  • in duce,
  • making hit with,
  • in-duces,
  • sweep off one feet,
  • end earing,
  • ropes in,
  • gave the come on,
  • give the come on,
  • swept one's feet,
  • makes a hit with,
  • give the comeon,
  • exerted influence,
  • knocking dead,
  • gave come-on,
  • gave come on,
  • giving come-on,
  • makes hit with,
  • giving the comeon,
  • gives comeon,
  • gave comeon,
  • in duces,
  • swept off ones feet,
  • give come on,
  • sweeps one's feet,
  • sweeping ones feet,
  • sweeping off ones feet,
  • appeals to,
  • give come-on,
  • roping in,
  • giving the come-on,
  • sweep off ones feet,
  • giving comeon,
  • gives come on,
  • swept off one feet,
  • sweeps ones feet,
  • sweeping off one's feet,
  • sweeping one's feet,
  • end-eared,
  • making a hit with,
  • gave the come-on,
  • in-duce,
  • sweeps one feet,
  • sweeps off one's feet,
  • end-earing,
  • going over big,
  • sweep one's feet,
  • goes over big,
  • went over big,
  • swept one feet,
  • appealing to,
  • gives the come-on,
  • sweeps off one feet,
  • knocks dead,
  • sweeping one feet,
  • mousetrapping,
  • gives the come on,
  • exerts influence,
  • sweep ones feet,
  • giving the come on,
  • gives come-on,
  • give comeon,
  • knocked dead,
  • made a hit with,
  • sweeping off one feet,
  • mousetrapped,
  • gave the comeon,
  • swept ones feet,
  • gives the comeon,
  • sweep one feet,
  • made hit with.
  •bait (verb)
  • be deviling,
  • be-devil,
  • be devilled,
  • be devils,
  • be-deviled,
  • be devil,
  • be deviled,
  • be-deviling,
  • be-devilled,
  • be-devilling,
  • be-devils,
  • be devilling.
  •bribe (verb)
  • doth business,
  • making deal,
  • dost business,
  • oiled palm,
  • pays off,
  • buys back,
  • makes a deal,
  • didst business,
  • gotten to,
  • re-warding,
  • re warding,
  • greased palm,
  • taking care of,
  • sweetening pot,
  • makes deal,
  • sweetens the pot,
  • bought back,
  • oils palm,
  • buying back,
  • oiling palm,
  • sweetened the pot,
  • payed off,
  • greasing palm,
  • doest business,
  • doeth business,
  • re warded,
  • sweetening the pot,
  • make deal,
  • sweetens pot,
  • making a deal,
  • does business,
  • sweetened pot,
  • paying off,
  • gat to,
  • made a deal,
  • re-warded,
  • sweeten pot,
  • made deal,
  • greases palm.
  •cajole (verb)
  • gotten next to,
  • lay thick,
  • gotten around,
  • rubs the right way,
  • gets around,
  • handed a line,
  • hands line,
  • sucking up to,
  • made up to,
  • handed line,
  • argue in to,
  • sweetening up,
  • works on,
  • plays up to,
  • spreading on,
  • spreads it on,
  • handing line,
  • rubbing the right way,
  • gat around,
  • made to,
  • spreads on,
  • softsoap,
  • spreading it on,
  • makes up to,
  • rub right way,
  • rubs right way,
  • getting next to,
  • lays thick,
  • making up to,
  • played up to,
  • lays it on thick,
  • softsoaped,
  • laid it on thick,
  • rubbed the right way,
  • argues in to,
  • argued in to,
  • played to,
  • de lude,
  • laid it thick,
  • laying on thick,
  • wrought on,
  • sweetened up,
  • de-ludes,
  • wrought over,
  • argued into,
  • plays to,
  • make to,
  • softsoaps,
  • lay it thick,
  • soft soaping,
  • makes to,
  • de-lude,
  • suck to,
  • sucking to,
  • handing a line,
  • sweetens up,
  • making to,
  • works over,
  • gat next to,
  • lays it thick,
  • sucked to,
  • gets next to,
  • soft soaped,
  • play to,
  • lays on thick,
  • soft-soaps,
  • playing to,
  • laid thick,
  • de ludes,
  • sucks to,
  • argues into,
  • rubbed right way,
  • rubbing right way,
  • sucks up to,
  • got around,
  • got next to,
  • softsoaping,
  • laying it thick,
  • playing up to,
  • hands a line,
  • laying thick,
  • sucked up to.
  •coax (verb)
  • arm-twisted,
  • talking in to,
  • armtwisted,
  • armtwists,
  • armtwist,
  • arm twisted,
  • talked in to,
  • arm twists,
  • co-axed,
  • talk in to,
  • arm twist,
  • prevail up on,
  • co axing,
  • arm-twists,
  • arm twisting,
  • prevails upon,
  • talked into,
  • armtwisting,
  • talks in to,
  • co-axing,
  • talking into,
  • talks into,
  • co axed.
  •communication (verb)
  • tempt.
  •dangle (verb)
  • hanged down,
  • hung down,
  • de-pend,
  • de pended,
  • hangs down,
  • de-pending,
  • de-pended,
  • de pends,
  • de pending,
  • de pend,
  • de-pends.
  •debauch (verb)
  • de-files,
  • de-based,
  • be-trays,
  • de-moralizes,
  • de base,
  • lives in the gutter,
  • de-flowered,
  • live gutter,
  • live the gutter,
  • went to hell,
  • lives gutter,
  • live in gutter,
  • go hell,
  • de basing,
  • living in gutter,
  • de-flowering,
  • lived in gutter,
  • goes to hell,
  • de-flower,
  • de moralized,
  • de-moralized,
  • went bad,
  • living in the gutter,
  • went hell,
  • de-moralize,
  • lives in gutter,
  • de flowers,
  • goes hell,
  • de-filed,
  • leads astray,
  • living gutter,
  • de files,
  • de file,
  • de-file,
  • de moralize,
  • de filed,
  • going bad,
  • de-basing,
  • de filing,
  • lived the gutter,
  • lived gutter,
  • de-flowers,
  • de flowering,
  • de based,
  • going to hell,
  • going hell,
  • living the gutter,
  • de-base,
  • lives the gutter,
  • be trays,
  • de flower,
  • be-tray,
  • de flowered,
  • lived in the gutter,
  • de-filing,
  • de-moralizing,
  • be tray,
  • de moralizes,
  • de moralizing.
  •decoy (verb)
  • leading up garden path,
  • de coyed,
  • de-coying,
  • leads up garden path,
  • leading garden path,
  • eggs one on,
  • de-coys,
  • de-coy,
  • de coy,
  • ensorcells,
  • leads garden path,
  • lead garden path,
  • egged one on,
  • de-coyed,
  • de coying,
  • led up garden path,
  • led garden path,
  • shilled,
  • egging one on,
  • de coys.
  •dispose (verb)
  • laying down the law,
  • called tune,
  • putting to rights,
  • pre disposing,
  • pro moting,
  • pre pares,
  • put ones foot down,
  • calling the tune,
  • pro-moting,
  • dis tributes,
  • in cline,
  • sets order,
  • pre-pare,
  • in clines,
  • calls tune,
  • pre-dispose,
  • dis posing,
  • dis posed,
  • lays down law,
  • pre-pared,
  • making willing,
  • laid down law,
  • dis tribute,
  • pre pare,
  • set order,
  • dis-posing,
  • reading the riot act,
  • putting one's foot down,
  • puts to rights,
  • called the tune,
  • dis-tribute,
  • put one foot down,
  • makes willing,
  • put rights,
  • lays down the law,
  • in-cline,
  • reads the riot act,
  • reads riot act,
  • puts rights,
  • putting one foot down,
  • calling tune,
  • pre-paring,
  • dis-pose,
  • pre pared,
  • reading riot act,
  • putting rights,
  • calls the tune,
  • pre disposes,
  • puts one foot down,
  • pre dispose,
  • setting order,
  • sets in order,
  • call tune,
  • lay down law,
  • putting ones foot down,
  • pre-disposed,
  • putting foot down,
  • pro-motes,
  • laid down the law,
  • dis pose,
  • puts one's foot down,
  • made willing,
  • in-clines,
  • dis-tributes,
  • pre paring,
  • pre-disposes,
  • puts ones foot down,
  • pro-mote,
  • dis-posed,
  • setting in order,
  • laying down law,
  • puts foot down,
  • pre-disposing.
  •entice (verb)
  • batted eyes at,
  • batting eyes at,
  • bats eyes at.
  •entrap (verb)
  • be netting,
  • laid for,
  • boxing in,
  • reeling in,
  • be nets,
  • be-netting,
  • be-net,
  • boxed in,
  • lays for,
  • reels in,
  • be-netted,
  • laying for,
  • be net,
  • benets,
  • reeled in,
  • be netted,
  • Benetted,
  • be-nets,
  • benetting.
  •fascinate (verb)
  • over power,
  • rivetting,
  • de lights,
  • trans-fixt,
  • de light,
  • de lighted,
  • over whelmed,
  • trans ported,
  • over whelm,
  • over whelms,
  • over-powering,
  • sub-dues,
  • trans fix,
  • sub-due,
  • de-light,
  • over-powered,
  • sub due,
  • over powers,
  • trans fixing,
  • over powering,
  • over-whelming,
  • over-whelm,
  • trans fixt,
  • trans fixed,
  • over-whelmed,
  • trans-fixing,
  • over-powers,
  • trans-fixes,
  • de-lighting,
  • de lighting,
  • over powered,
  • trans-fix,
  • rivetted,
  • sub dues,
  • over-power,
  • trans fixes,
  • de-lighted,
  • trans-fixed,
  • de-lights,
  • over whelming,
  • over-whelms.
  •interest (verb)
  • are interesting to,
  • sate up,
  • art interesting to,
  • is interesting to,
  • sits up,
  • sitting up,
  • am interesting to,
  • was interesting to,
  • wast interesting to,
  • were interesting to,
  • wert interesting to,
  • being interesting to.
  •inveigle (verb)
  • overdoes it,
  • softened up,
  • overdid it,
  • strung along,
  • softens up,
  • overdoing it,
  • softening up.
  •invite (verb)
  • hadst in,
  • includes as guest,
  • re quests,
  • hadst over,
  • pro pose,
  • giving invitation,
  • gave invitation,
  • pro-pose,
  • invitationed,
  • in vite,
  • re quested,
  • invitationing,
  • gives invitation,
  • pro-posing,
  • hath over,
  • sending invitation,
  • had in,
  • having in,
  • re-questing,
  • pro posing,
  • including as guest,
  • having over,
  • pro posed,
  • hath in,
  • in-vite,
  • had over,
  • re questing,
  • re-quests,
  • hast in,
  • sent invitation,
  • has over,
  • haddest over,
  • has in,
  • hast over,
  • included as guest,
  • sends invitation,
  • haddest in.
  •lure (verb)
  • hits on,
  • hitting on.
  •lure, entice (verb)
  • dare,
  • try,
  • honey,
  • coax,
  • charm,
  • oil,
  • persuade,
  • test,
  • draw out,
  • risk,
  • train,
  • induce,
  • hook,
  • captivate,
  • whet,
  • promote,
  • butter up,
  • turn one's head,
  • make mouth water,
  • draw,
  • woo.
  •mislead (verb)
  • mis-represents,
  • out-wit,
  • misguides,
  • de fraud,
  • mis representing,
  • over reached,
  • mis represent,
  • pulled wool over eyes,
  • mis-directs,
  • mis lead,
  • mis-guide,
  • over-reached,
  • mis-direct,
  • out witted,
  • mis-informed,
  • mis-guiding,
  • over reaches,
  • mis-inform,
  • mis leads,
  • mis informed,
  • mis-informs,
  • over-reaches,
  • mis directing,
  • mis-guided,
  • mis-lead,
  • over reach,
  • Illuding,
  • pulls wool over eyes,
  • out-wits,
  • mis directed,
  • mis informing,
  • mis represents,
  • mis-represent,
  • mis-directed,
  • over-reaching,
  • over reaching,
  • mis-informing,
  • mis-leading,
  • de frauds,
  • mis represented,
  • mis-represented,
  • mis-representing,
  • mis leading,
  • mis informs,
  • over-reach,
  • mis-leads,
  • pulling wool over eyes,
  • out witting,
  • Illuded,
  • out wits,
  • out-witting,
  • mis-guides,
  • mis inform,
  • mis directs,
  • de-fraud,
  • mis guide,
  • de-frauds,
  • mis direct,
  • illudes,
  • mis guiding,
  • mis guides,
  • mis-directing.
  •persuade (verb)
  • enlist,
  • indoctrinate,
  • sway,
  • convince,
  • sell.
  •reward (verb)
  • sweeten,
  • treat,
  • honor,
  • compensate,
  • tip,
  • remunerate,
  • pay,
  • grant,
  • give,
  • award,
  • reward.
  •snare (verb)
  • gat hands on,
  • getting hands on,
  • gets hands on,
  • gotten hands on.
  •sweet-talk (verb)
  • sweettalk.
  •urge (verb)
  • in cites,
  • in-spire,
  • insists on,
  • co unselling,
  • re commending,
  • insisting on,
  • insisted on,
  • re commend,
  • re commended,
  • in spire,
  • in-cite,
  • spake for,
  • in-spires,
  • in-spired,
  • be-sought,
  • co-unselling,
  • re-commended,
  • puts up to,
  • puts to,
  • in-cited,
  • be sought,
  • re-commends,
  • firing up,
  • in-spiring,
  • in spired,
  • spoke for,
  • putting to,
  • re-commending,
  • re commends,
  • in spires,
  • in spiring,
  • putting up to,
  • re-commend,
  • in cite,
  • speaks for.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • capture someone's interest/imagination/attention.
  •
  • solicit.
  •appeal
  • intrigues,
  • catch the eye.
  •attract
  • slain,
  • go over big,
  • give the come-on,
  • sweep off one's feet,
  • rope in,
  • knock dead,
  • mousetraps,
  • exerting influence,
  • make hit with,
  • swept off one's feet,
  • appeal to,
  • make a hit with,
  • mousetrap,
  • appealed to,
  • roped in,
  • sending,
  • inducing,
  • kill,
  • exert influence.
  •bribe
  • sugar,
  • make a deal,
  • Soaped,
  • Sugaring,
  • buy back,
  • oil palm,
  • got to,
  • soap,
  • doing business,
  • getting to,
  • get to,
  • do business,
  • take care of,
  • sugared,
  • pay off,
  • gets to,
  • grease palm,
  • Soaping,
  • takes care of,
  • did business,
  • sweeten the pot,
  • took care of,
  • paid off.
  •coax
  • Worming,
  • arm-twisting,
  • jawbone,
  • soothe,
  • Blarneyed,
  • talk into,
  • Blarneying,
  • jawboning,
  • WORMS,
  • sweet-talk,
  • jawbones,
  • jawboned,
  • worm,
  • Wormed,
  • arm-twist.
  •decoy
  • shilling,
  • ensorcell,
  • shills,
  • shill,
  • ensnared,
  • ensorcelling,
  • lead up garden path,
  • egg one on,
  • ensorcelled.
  •inveigle
  • Buttering,
  • Honeying,
  • Buttered,
  • overdo it,
  • soften up,
  • honied,
  • Inveigling.
  •seduce
  • seduced,
  • vamp,
  • enamour,
  • enamoured,
  • enamouring,
  • come to,
  • come on to.

Paraphrases for Tempt:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    trying.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    attempt, try.
  • Verb, base form
    attempt, induce, encourage, prompt, attract, motivate, try, persuade, incentivize, inspire.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    entice, lure, tease, incite.

Antonyms for Tempt:

• v.

  • lure, entice
    reject, delight, dishearten, repel, prevent, hinder, dissuade, discourage, bore, offend, release, please, dull, disenchant, depress, stop, repulse, turn off, halt, deter.
  • Other antonyms:
    chill, drive away, damp, caution, drive, ward, warn, turn away, alert.

Hyponym for Tempt:

• v.

  • communication
    persuade.
  • emotion
    excite, wind up, sex, arouse, turn on.