Definition for Trap:

• Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

Synonyms for Trap:

• n.

  •
  • net,
  • spring,
  • pit,
  • house.
  •
  • bite,
  • prank.
  •
  • apprehend,
  • arrest.
  •
  • hoax,
  • scheme.
  •
  • mouth.
  •
  • buggy,
  • carriage.
  •
  • quarantine.
  •booby trap (noun)
  • deadfall,
  • baited trap.
  •deception (noun)
  • feint.
  •decoy (noun)
  • mirage.
  •enclosure (noun)
  • cell,
  • envelopment,
  • enclosure,
  • confinement,
  • barrier,
  • cage,
  • jail,
  • prison,
  • fence,
  • pen.
  •snare, trick (noun)
  • maneuver,
  • stratagem,
  • plot,
  • subterfuge,
  • pitfall,
  • ploy,
  • ruse,
  • machination,
  • artifice.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • game,
  • dodge,
  • contrivance,
  • trickery,
  • wrinkle,
  • trick of the trade,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • tactics.

• v.

  •catch, snare; trick (verb)
  • nab,
  • rope in,
  • inveigle,
  • grab,
  • beguile,
  • collar,
  • mousetrap,
  • overtake,
  • fool,
  • ensnare,
  • trip up,
  • seduce,
  • nail,
  • dupe,
  • take,
  • circumvent,
  • land,
  • surprise,
  • deceive,
  • corral.
  •enclose (verb)
  • embrace,
  • encompass,
  • enclose,
  • encircle,
  • contain,
  • cover,
  • impound,
  • surround,
  • envelop,
  • imprison.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • intercept,
  • shut in,
  • puss,
  • immure.
  •
  • encumber,
  • impasse,
  • dragnet.
  •
  • web.
  •
  • corner.
  •ambush
  • box in,
  • hem in.
  •bag
  • shoot,
  • kill.
  •bottle up
  • box up,
  • hold down.
  •capture
  • take prisoner,
  • take captive.
  •impede
  • hinder.
  •Other relevant words:
  • fully,
  • intense,
  • whitechapel,
  • side door,
  • seafarer,
  • Nousel,
  • hatch,
  • disconcert,
  • charged,
  • lacrosse,
  • firetrap,
  • balk,
  • ground bait,
  • doorjamb,
  • draw on,
  • come on,
  • choke,
  • cheat,
  • adequately,
  • dionaea,
  • grab hold of,
  • impede,
  • mug,
  • water polo,
  • deathtrap,
  • piehole,
  • deflect,
  • obscure,
  • shift,
  • tempt,
  • grip,
  • attract,
  • jowl,
  • log,
  • Springle,
  • jowls,
  • network,
  • Nousle,
  • offstage,
  • peeler,
  • right,
  • harpoon,
  • bulkhead,
  • kidnap,
  • spider's web,
  • bar,
  • drawcard,
  • fault,
  • pall-mall,
  • Immesh,
  • find,
  • lurk,
  • Propylaeum,
  • hollow,
  • portal,
  • police,
  • stool-pigeon,
  • dugout,
  • learn,
  • pin up,
  • trepan,
  • crafty,
  • involve,
  • gambit,
  • stale,
  • fives,
  • tournament,
  • check,
  • stop,
  • hoot,
  • rounders,
  • gate,
  • stile,
  • lying in wait,
  • door,
  • dogcart,
  • sweet-talk,
  • lead astray,
  • artful,
  • specify,
  • clinch,
  • Premaxilla,
  • brake,
  • gatepost,
  • false bottom,
  • dissemble,
  • archery,
  • Chaps,
  • skating,
  • pugilism,
  • ram down,
  • snarly,
  • box,
  • maelstrom,
  • seal in,
  • allure,
  • four-in-hand,
  • espieglerie,
  • manoeuvre,
  • passable,
  • honeypot,
  • tar,
  • footlights,
  • bait the hook,
  • trapper,
  • stalking-horse,
  • catch out,
  • block,
  • let in,
  • pin,
  • oral cavity,
  • immobilize,
  • charm,
  • juggle,
  • narrow,
  • profound,
  • mush,
  • muzzle,
  • Lips,
  • restrain,
  • discus,
  • speedometer,
  • inducement,
  • gab,
  • turf,
  • snare,
  • humbug,
  • traprock,
  • Tipcat,
  • ruse de guerre,
  • old salt,
  • Trapan,
  • discover,
  • yap,
  • rope,
  • attraction,
  • cobweb,
  • jaw,
  • tog,
  • sea dog,
  • doorway,
  • gammon,
  • tachometer,
  • stoma,
  • richly,
  • sufficient,
  • baseball,
  • prearrangement,
  • sidestep,
  • seal,
  • Entoil,
  • keep,
  • complex,
  • flies,
  • trapping,
  • hook in,
  • bolt,
  • fish trap,
  • tandem,
  • aimless,
  • shanghai,
  • pylon,
  • horseshoes,
  • stone,
  • golf,
  • bobby,
  • complexity,
  • put-up job,
  • strategy,
  • hatchway,
  • archway,
  • mine,
  • head off,
  • devious,
  • meshes,
  • gymnastics,
  • endearment,
  • watch,
  • Springe,
  • gateway,
  • sand trap,
  • policeman,
  • set gun,
  • look,
  • gear,
  • odometer,
  • bull,
  • cram,
  • delude,
  • trifle with,
  • hockey,
  • volcano,
  • bushwhack,
  • constable,
  • strobe,
  • football,
  • get a line,
  • mask,
  • move,
  • gimmick,
  • Chops,
  • polo,
  • frame,
  • stage,
  • pedometer,
  • intrigue,
  • birdlime,
  • contention,
  • prejudicial,
  • mislead,
  • Char-a-bancs,
  • threshold,
  • patchy,
  • lime,
  • tollgate,
  • betray,
  • trip,
  • wind,
  • wind sock,
  • embouchure,
  • observe,
  • spring gun,
  • mess,
  • battledore and shuttlecock,
  • jam,
  • drawing card,
  • maxilla,
  • hole,
  • sufficiently,
  • soccer,
  • snare drum,
  • divert,
  • cajole,
  • spear,
  • quoits,
  • random,
  • back door,
  • pin down,
  • pony cart,
  • row,
  • Decoy-duck,
  • wile,
  • cricket,
  • pallone,
  • Illaqueate,
  • hear,
  • jack,
  • get word,
  • lay in wait,
  • interfere,
  • heavy,
  • hum,
  • thing,
  • basketball,
  • fix,
  • sack,
  • satisfactorily,
  • limit,
  • storm door,
  • golf hole,
  • grave,
  • irregular,
  • wedge,
  • face,
  • pinch,
  • lift,
  • Barway,
  • nick,
  • kettle of fish,
  • muddle,
  • clutches,
  • tanglement,
  • seaman,
  • kisser,
  • ambuscade,
  • porte cochere,
  • Hocus,
  • ambush,
  • Trapdoor,
  • determine,
  • freeze,
  • green goods,
  • conspiracy,
  • cakehole,
  • art,
  • orchestra,
  • jaws,
  • scene,
  • stuff up,
  • paddy,
  • mariner,
  • greasy pole,
  • croquet,
  • ice hockey,
  • insidious,
  • cellar door,
  • postern,
  • tobogganing,
  • Ambuscado,
  • abandon,
  • agreeable,
  • front door,
  • lock,
  • foul,
  • gob,
  • utter,
  • rattrap,
  • Quintain,
  • Forelay,
  • joker,
  • lawn tennis,
  • Traps,
  • scuttle,
  • gin,
  • sting operation,
  • sell,
  • tree,
  • Sniggle,
  • lintel,
  • precipice,
  • danger,
  • turnpike,
  • Mandibles,
  • amply,
  • boards,
  • mantrap,
  • vamp,
  • turnstile,
  • adequate,
  • tricky,
  • ascertain,
  • find out,
  • gendarme,
  • prejudiced,
  • unsettle,
  • scheming,
  • acceptable,
  • quagmire,
  • fascinate,
  • lie in wait,
  • entice,
  • come over,
  • quicksand,
  • side drum,
  • surveillance,
  • finesse,
  • Sports,
  • porch,
  • untruth,
  • bottle,
  • fortuitous,
  • dam,
  • interrupt,
  • shadowing,
  • aquatics,
  • bound,
  • plumb,
  • flytrap,
  • immobilise,
  • edge,
  • masked battery,
  • catch up,
  • snarl,
  • restrict,
  • accidental,
  • intricacy,
  • Fish-hook,
  • throttle,
  • Intrap,
  • influence,
  • floats,
  • toils,
  • mezzanine floor,
  • pot,
  • set up,
  • grasp,
  • manipulative,
  • flatter,
  • important,
  • white lie,
  • scenery,
  • plan,
  • trim,
  • loaded,
  • get wind,
  • satisfactory,
  • log line,
  • separator,
  • pickle,
  • lodge,
  • snag,
  • tent pegging,
  • bottomless,
  • doorpost,
  • tennis,
  • captivate,
  • Ambushment,
  • see,
  • allurement,
  • tour de force,
  • maw,
  • curling,
  • unicorn,
  • sliding,
  • rackets.

Paraphrases for Trap:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    trapping.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    petard, trapping.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    pitfalls.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    pitfall, entrapment, mousetrap.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    pots, MSGS, capture, captures, blackout, blackouts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Trapdoor, scavenger, filter, setup, trapline, sequestration, capture, set-up, snare, blackout, spiral, mistake, cheating, adjournment, footlocker, pit.
  • Verb, past tense
    retained.
  • Verb, base form
    ensnare, sequester, capture, imprison, snare.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    tricks.

Antonyms for Trap:

• n.

  • snare, trick
    honesty, frankness, blessing, openness, truth, truthfulness, repulsion, honor.

• v.

  • catch, snare; trick
    fail, liberate, disenchant, allow, free, aid, exclude, help, untwist, untangle, turn off, let go, disentangle, release, assist, lose, be honest.

Homophones for Trap:

• TRAPP, trappe.

Hypernym for Trap:

• n.

  • artifact
    net, pit, pitfall, noose, pound net, mantrap, lobster pot, steel trap, gin, rattrap, mousetrap, flytrap, web, snare, entanglement.

Hyponym for Trap:

• n.

  • artifact
    drain, device, carriage, equipage, rig, waste pipe, mechanical device, drainpipe.

• v.

  • contact
    hold, take hold.
  • social
    confine, detain.

Meronym for Trap:

• n.

  • artifact
    decoy, lure, bait.