What is another word for trap?
1199 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ tɹˈap], [ tɹˈap], [ t_ɹ_ˈa_p]Table of Contents
Similar words for trap:- ambuscade (noun)
- ambush (noun)
- artifact (noun)
- bait (noun)
- blind (noun)
- booby trap (noun)
- bunker (noun)
- cakehole (noun)
- catch (noun)
- deception (noun)
- decoy (noun)
- defeat (noun)
- device (noun)
- enclosure (noun)
- enslave (noun)
- entanglement (noun)
- enticement (noun)
- gob (noun)
- immobilise (noun)
- immobilize (noun)
- licking (noun)
- lure (noun)
- lying in wait (noun)
- maw (noun)
- mesh (noun)
- mouth (noun)
- snake in the grass (noun)
- snare, trick (noun)
- stratagem (noun)
- temptation (noun)
- trick (noun)
- ambush (verb)
- besiege (verb)
- bottle up (verb)
- capture (verb)
- catch (verb)
- catch, snare; trick (verb)
- coop (verb)
- enclose (verb)
- enmesh (verb)
- entangle (verb)
- entrap (verb)
- get (verb)
- hook (verb)
- mesh (verb)
- mire (verb)
- seize (verb)
- tangle (verb)
- trick (verb)
- other synonyms
- ambush
- bag
- besiege
- bottle up
- capture
- confine
- decoy
- impede
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Trap:
n.
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- Breath Test,
- arrest,
- like,
- body search,
- apprehend,
- apprehension,
- bust,
- safety,
- book,
- bounty hunter,
- breathalyze.
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- hoax,
- scheme,
- dirty tricks.
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- creel,
- cockpit,
- barb,
- drifter,
- fishing rod,
- mouth,
- fishing line,
- drift net.
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- quarantine,
- pen in,
- lock in.
- trap.
- catch-22's,
- catch 22's,
- catch 22,
- catch22's,
- fly the ointment,
- fly in ointment,
- fly ointment,
- catch22.
- mare's-nest,
- feint,
- chicanes,
- fast shuffle,
- chicane,
- fast one,
- Illusions,
- coverup,
- hogwash,
- jives,
- jive.
- Vanquishment,
- nonsuccess,
- killing,
- Whaling,
- lacings,
- Downthrow,
- thrashing,
- trouncings,
- subjugation,
- non-success,
- Insuccess,
- massacre,
- waxings,
- subjugations,
- kos.
- de sign,
- pro positions,
- de-sign,
- pro-positions,
- de signs,
- de-signs,
- pro position,
- cunningnesses,
- clever moves.
- cell,
- envelopment,
- enclosure,
- confinement,
- barrier,
- cage,
- jail,
- prison,
- fence,
- pen.
- gob.
- maw.
- machination,
- plot,
- pitfall,
- maneuver,
- artifice,
- come-on,
- ruse,
- subterfuge,
- ploy,
- stratagem.
v.
•ambush (verb)- sur rounded,
- sur-prised,
- sur prise,
- setting trap,
- boxed in,
- japped,
- sur prising,
- sur-prise,
- sets trap,
- lays for,
- sur-rounding,
- sur-prises,
- sur rounding,
- laying for,
- sur-rounded,
- boxing in,
- sur prises,
- sur-prising,
- laid for,
- japping.
- be-set,
- be siege,
- came at from all sides,
- be sieged,
- comes from all sides,
- be-leaguering,
- coming from all sides,
- be-sieges,
- be-leaguered,
- be-leaguer,
- be-sieged,
- came at from sides,
- come at from sides,
- came from sides,
- laid siege to,
- be-siege,
- coming from sides,
- in vests,
- shuts in,
- laying siege to,
- come from sides,
- comes at from all sides,
- be sieging,
- comes at from sides,
- be sieges,
- be-sets,
- in vest,
- in vested,
- be setting,
- be-leaguers,
- be leaguered,
- be leaguer,
- wrought over,
- be sets,
- lays siege to,
- in-vest,
- in-vests,
- coming at from sides,
- came from all sides,
- in-vested,
- come from all sides,
- in vesting,
- be leaguering,
- comes from sides,
- be leaguers,
- shutting in,
- be-setting,
- be-sieging,
- coming at from all sides,
- wrought on,
- in-vesting,
- works on,
- works over.
- re strict,
- bring naught,
- kept feeling inside oneself,
- keeping secret,
- re-strains,
- cooping up,
- brought naught,
- keeps secret,
- re strains,
- re-strained,
- re straining,
- re presses,
- boxed up,
- re press,
- brought to naught,
- bringing naught,
- re-strict,
- re strain,
- re pressed,
- bringing to naught,
- re-strain,
- brings to naught,
- re pressing,
- boxing up,
- re-presses,
- re strained,
- re-pressing,
- coops up,
- keeping feeling inside oneself,
- holds in,
- keeps feeling inside oneself,
- holds down,
- re-straining,
- re-press,
- boxes up,
- brings naught.
- put cuffs on,
- over whelms,
- take in to custody,
- over whelming,
- putting the cuffs on,
- prehends,
- took prisoner,
- over-whelms,
- over-whelming,
- took captive,
- over-whelm,
- taking prisoner,
- prehending,
- puts the cuffs on,
- putting cuffs on,
- over-whelmed,
- over whelm,
- puts cuffs on,
- gained control,
- gains control,
- over whelmed,
- takes prisoner.
- get ones fingers on,
- got one's fingers on,
- got fingers on,
- getting ones fingers on,
- gets one's fingers on,
- took hold of,
- pounces on,
- gat one fingers on,
- getting one's fingers on,
- pounced on,
- gloms,
- glomming,
- got ones fingers on,
- gets one fingers on,
- gotten one's fingers on,
- gat ones fingers on,
- gotten ones fingers on,
- gotten one fingers on,
- gotten fingers on,
- gat one's fingers on,
- lays hold of,
- taking hold of,
- glommed,
- getting one fingers on,
- pouncing on,
- gets ones fingers on,
- get one fingers on,
- gat fingers on,
- got one fingers on,
- takes hold of,
- getting fingers on,
- gets fingers on.
- deceive,
- beguile,
- suck in,
- overtake,
- take,
- mousetrap,
- collar,
- land,
- seduce,
- fool,
- dupe,
- grab,
- surprise,
- rope in,
- nail,
- inveigle,
- nab,
- circumvent,
- corral,
- trip up,
- ensnare.
- de tains,
- holding prisoner,
- co oping,
- closes in,
- de-tains,
- holds captive,
- puts under lock and key,
- de tain,
- fencing in,
- puts under lock key,
- in-tern,
- holds prisoner,
- held prisoner,
- in terns,
- co-oping,
- in tern,
- co-oped,
- in-terns,
- putting under lock key,
- co oped,
- putting under lock and key,
- put under lock key,
- de-tain,
- fences in,
- held captive,
- holding captive.
- drags into,
- in-criminates,
- dragged into,
- drag in to,
- draws in,
- in-criminating,
- lays trap for,
- drags in to,
- in criminates,
- made party to,
- laying a trap for,
- laid a trap for,
- in-criminate,
- lay trap for,
- dragging into,
- laid trap for,
- dragging in to,
- laying trap for,
- making party to,
- dragged in to,
- makes party to,
- lays a trap for,
- drawing in,
- in criminate,
- in criminating,
- in-criminated.
- inter tangled,
- duked in,
- inter-twining,
- be-wilder,
- intertangling,
- inter weave,
- inter-tangled,
- be wildering,
- inter weaved,
- un-settle,
- inter tangling,
- be wildered,
- be wilder,
- inter-twine,
- inter tangle,
- inter twine,
- be-wilders,
- inter-twines,
- inter-weaved,
- inter-weave,
- inter twines,
- inter woven,
- be wilders,
- dukes in,
- inter-weaves,
- un-settled,
- intertangles,
- un settles,
- inter tangles,
- inter-tangle,
- inter-wove,
- inter-tangles,
- un settled,
- inter weaving,
- inter-tangling,
- intertangled,
- be-wildered,
- inter weaves,
- be-wildering,
- un-settling,
- un settling,
- inter-weaving,
- un settle,
- inter twining,
- inter wove,
- duking in.
- be netted,
- be netting,
- be-netted,
- be guiles,
- be guile,
- reeled in,
- benetting,
- reels in,
- be-net,
- be net,
- reeling in,
- benets,
- be-guile,
- be-netting,
- be-nets,
- be-guiles,
- Benetted,
- be nets.
- laying hands on,
- lay one hands on,
- laying one's hands on,
- over-coming,
- over powered,
- lay ones hands on,
- over-comes,
- laying ones hands on,
- lays one's hands on,
- lays one hands on,
- over-power,
- over-powering,
- lays ones hands on,
- laid one hands on,
- laid hands on,
- over come,
- laying one hands on,
- laid one's hands on,
- over comes,
- over coming,
- laid ones hands on,
- over powering,
- over powers,
- over-powered.
- fits together,
- co ordinates,
- co ordinate,
- inter locking,
- inter locked,
- inter-lock,
- came together,
- inter-locks,
- inter-locking,
- inter lock,
- inter locks,
- inter-locked.
- ex-acting,
- sub-dues,
- sub dues,
- in corporate,
- spirited away,
- ex-act,
- over running,
- ex act,
- ex-acted,
- sub due,
- in-corporates,
- in corporates,
- ex acting,
- over runs,
- takes by storm,
- taking possession of,
- took over,
- in-corporate,
- ex acts,
- took possession of,
- takes over,
- sub-due,
- carrying off,
- takes possession of,
- took by storm,
- spiriting away,
- carries off,
- spirits away.
- up setting,
- up-setting,
- de ranges,
- up-set,
- inter-lace,
- dis-organizes,
- de-ranged,
- dis organize,
- de ranging,
- inter twisting,
- up sets,
- dis organized,
- mucks up,
- un-balanced,
- inter lace,
- inter-lacing,
- de range,
- inter twists,
- dis-organizing,
- mucking up,
- makes a party to,
- inter-twisted,
- making a party to,
- inter twisted,
- dis-composing,
- un balances,
- intertwists,
- de-range,
- inter-laced,
- un-balance,
- inter twist,
- up-sets,
- dis organizes,
- un-balances,
- inter laced,
- de-ranging,
- inter lacing,
- inter-laces,
- inter-twisting,
- dis-composes,
- un balancing,
- dis composing,
- dis-composed,
- inter-twists,
- dis-organized,
- made a party to,
- dis composes,
- de-ranges,
- un-balancing,
- inter-twist,
- dis compose,
- dis-organize,
- dis organizing,
- dis-compose,
- inter laces,
- dis composed,
- un balance,
- de ranged.
- hocus pocus,
- dis informs,
- de-fraud,
- took for a ride,
- out witting,
- hocus pocused,
- takes for ride,
- pulled wool over,
- de-frauds,
- imposing upon,
- out-wits,
- dis informed,
- hocus pocusing,
- played for a fool,
- imposed up on,
- hocus pocusses,
- hocuspocussed,
- hocus pocussing,
- out-wit,
- puts one over on,
- played for fool,
- plays for a fool,
- hocus-pocused,
- hocuspocusses,
- imposes up on,
- hocuspocussing,
- hocuspocused,
- double dealt,
- dis-informing,
- takes for a ride,
- double deals,
- out witted,
- took for ride,
- hocuspocusing,
- hocus-pocusing,
- pulls wool over,
- dis-informed,
- dis informing,
- disinforming,
- playing for fool,
- de fraud,
- play for fool,
- hocus-pocussing,
- out-witting,
- putting one over on,
- dis inform,
- hocus pocussed,
- dis-informs,
- disinforms,
- pulling wool over,
- dis-inform,
- hocus-pocussed,
- de frauds,
- impose up on,
- plays for fool,
- hocus-pocusses,
- playing for a fool,
- out wits,
- imposing up on.
Other synonyms:
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- obstruct,
- shut up,
- cloister,
- recapture,
- obstruction.
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- hold back.
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- web.
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- corner.
- blockaded,
- come at from all sides,
- work over,
- lay siege to,
- encircled,
- working on,
- blockading,
- work on,
- worked on,
- worked over,
- environ,
- working over,
- be set.
- cover up,
- keep back,
- covered up,
- holds back,
- keeping back,
- suppress,
- holding in,
- covering up,
- keep secret,
- covers up,
- keep feeling inside oneself,
- kept secret,
- bring to naught,
- coop up,
- box up,
- kept back,
- Suppressing,
- corked,
- held down,
- held in,
- corking,
- cooped up,
- hold down,
- keeps back.
- gaining control,
- put the cuffs on,
- take prisoner,
- gain control,
- prehend,
- takes captive,
- occupy,
- copping,
- take captive,
- run in,
- Copped,
- taking captive,
- prehended.
- egg one on,
- lead up garden path,
- leading on,
- ensorcelling,
- leads on,
- wiling,
- mousetraps,
- sucked in,
- shilling,
- led on,
- ensorcell,
- lead on,
- wiled,
- roped in,
- ensorcelled.
- gambit,
- bull,
- lurk,
- tobogganing,
- vamp,
- fives,
- humbug,
- snarly,
- doorpost,
- box,
- juggle,
- ambush,
- Springle,
- drawcard,
- Entoil,
- aimless,
- gateway,
- curling,
- golf,
- abandon,
- bobby,
- charged,
- plan,
- insidious,
- accidental,
- attract,
- discus,
- move,
- disconcert,
- stile,
- log,
- finesse,
- block,
- hum,
- satisfactory,
- pin,
- harpoon,
- toils,
- maxilla,
- unicorn,
- back door,
- athletic sports,
- shanghai,
- inducement,
- complex,
- horseshoes,
- turnpike,
- conspiracy,
- fix,
- Barway,
- gin,
- hoot,
- get word,
- four-in-hand,
- scheming,
- divert,
- tog,
- false bottom,
- mariner,
- tempt,
- prejudicial,
- bottle,
- dionaea,
- pin down,
- lie in wait,
- freeze,
- choke,
- meshes,
- Chaps,
- log line,
- stage,
- flytrap,
- traprock,
- cram,
- right,
- grab hold of,
- get wind,
- Trapdoor,
- pot,
- muzzle,
- set gun,
- loaded,
- embouchure,
- maelstrom,
- prejudiced,
- joker,
- hatch,
- wind,
- mantrap,
- Lips,
- mess,
- Traps,
- prearrangement,
- trapper,
- baseball,
- green goods,
- stone,
- hollow,
- orchestra,
- sea dog,
- face,
- cellarway,
- allurement,
- learn,
- ruse de guerre,
- postern,
- door,
- allure,
- gear,
- get a line,
- frame,
- jaws,
- muddle,
- cheat,
- turf,
- tennis,
- Chops,
- pugilism,
- profound,
- clutches,
- turnstile,
- tent pegging,
- draw on,
- espieglerie,
- hockey,
- untruth,
- tachometer,
- honeypot,
- intense,
- come over,
- gatepost,
- danger,
- fault,
- Mandibles,
- trapping,
- volcano,
- old salt,
- observe,
- devious,
- impede,
- network,
- mush,
- tournament,
- spring gun,
- manipulative,
- nick,
- pallone,
- obscure,
- crafty,
- pylon,
- interfere,
- spear,
- water polo,
- tanglement,
- shift,
- specify,
- seal in,
- thing,
- hole,
- rounders,
- separator,
- spider's web,
- pall-mall,
- dam,
- discover,
- bottomless,
- polo,
- unsettle,
- clinch,
- sell,
- sack,
- random,
- endearment,
- strategy,
- grasp,
- mezzanine floor,
- dogcart,
- see,
- cobweb,
- gendarme,
- deathtrap,
- head off,
- mug,
- art,
- Ambushment,
- throttle,
- captivate,
- find out,
- narrow,
- wedge,
- wile,
- bound,
- stop,
- birdlime,
- ice hockey,
- cajole,
- important,
- gimmick,
- ascertain,
- archery,
- doorjamb,
- lime,
- rope,
- yap,
- tour de force,
- soccer,
- Trapan,
- tar,
- stale,
- artful dodge,
- kisser,
- dissemble,
- snare,
- jam,
- seaman,
- influence,
- let in,
- whitechapel,
- fully,
- quoits,
- pinch,
- seafarer,
- richly,
- scene,
- piehole,
- peeler,
- acceptable,
- Quintain,
- rackets,
- restrict,
- brake,
- utter,
- sting operation,
- sidestep,
- come on,
- delude,
- aquatics,
- Immesh,
- artful,
- sliding,
- contention,
- front door,
- archway,
- bulkhead,
- catch out,
- intricacy,
- entice,
- dugout,
- impurity trap,
- complexity,
- rattrap,
- quagmire,
- grave,
- set up,
- hear,
- interrupt,
- policeman,
- fortuitous,
- look,
- lead astray,
- Nousel,
- skating,
- tree,
- Premaxilla,
- watch,
- quicksand,
- restrain,
- surveillance,
- porte cochere,
- kettle of fish,
- paddy,
- intrigue,
- deflect,
- mine,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- Illaqueate,
- scenery,
- porch,
- plumb,
- fascinate,
- find,
- Tipcat,
- storm door,
- fish trap,
- stuff up,
- Sniggle,
- catch up,
- ram down,
- scuttle,
- offstage,
- charm,
- satisfactorily,
- cellar door,
- Propylaeum,
- oral cavity,
- firetrap,
- sand trap,
- gymnastics,
- passable,
- tricky,
- masked battery,
- foul,
- Forelay,
- odometer,
- betray,
- sweet-talk,
- police,
- cricket,
- hook in,
- bait the hook,
- heavy,
- determine,
- snare drum,
- row,
- balk,
- ground bait,
- involve,
- seal,
- bushwhack,
- Hocus,
- doorway,
- Nousle,
- limit,
- mislead,
- pin up,
- bolt,
- Char-a-bancs,
- pedometer,
- lay in wait,
- lock,
- agreeable,
- gab,
- drawing card,
- football,
- Fish-hook,
- Sports,
- amply,
- grip,
- hatchway,
- put-up job,
- manoeuvre,
- trepan,
- basketball,
- jack,
- Springe,
- sufficiently,
- boards,
- gate,
- white lie,
- shadowing,
- gammon,
- precipice,
- golf hole,
- greasy pole,
- Ambuscado,
- snarl,
- trifle with,
- ambuscade ambuscado,
- side drum,
- sufficient,
- pony cart,
- stalking-horse,
- strobe,
- threshold,
- jowl,
- trim,
- jowls,
- lodge,
- patchy,
- wind sock,
- adequately,
- jaw,
- trip,
- mask,
- pickle,
- Intrap,
- tandem,
- bar,
- footlights,
- keep,
- side door,
- tollgate,
- speedometer,
- portal,
- lacrosse,
- floats,
- flies,
- Decoy-duck,
- edge,
- stoma,
- constable,
- kidnap,
- lintel,
- flatter,
- croquet,
- irregular,
- lift,
- stool-pigeon,
- attraction,
- bazoo,
- snag,
- lawn tennis,
- check,
- adequate.
Paraphrases for Trap:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
trapping.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
pitfalls.
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Noun, singular or mass
pitfall, entrapment, mousetrap.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
Trapdoor, scavenger, filter, setup, trapline, sequestration, capture, set-up, snare, blackout, spiral, mistake, cheating, adjournment, footlocker, pit.
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Verb, past tense
retained.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
tricks.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Trap:
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n.
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v.
Homophones for Trap:
- TRAPP, trappe.
Hypernym for Trap:
n.
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artifact
net, pit, pitfall, noose, pound net, mantrap, lobster pot, steel trap, gin, rattrap, mousetrap, flytrap, web, snare, entanglement.
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artifact
Hyponym for Trap:
n.
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artifact
drain, device, carriage, equipage, rig, waste pipe, mechanical device, drainpipe.
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artifact
v.