Definition for Trap:

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

Synonyms for Trap:

• n.

  •
  • spring,
  • fit,
  • include,
  • cul de sac,
  • accommodate,
  • contents,
  • house,
  • net,
  • harbor,
  • pit,
  • have.
  •
  • bite,
  • prank,
  • angling,
  • big game,
  • cast,
  • blood sports.
  •
  • Breath Test,
  • arrest,
  • like,
  • body search,
  • apprehend,
  • apprehension,
  • bust,
  • safety,
  • book,
  • bounty hunter,
  • breathalyze.
  •
  • hoax,
  • scheme,
  • dirty tricks.
  •
  • crisis,
  • trouble,
  • ordeal,
  • worst-case scenario,
  • nightmare,
  • stress,
  • tragedy,
  • battle,
  • attack.
  •
  • creel,
  • cockpit,
  • barb,
  • drifter,
  • fishing rod,
  • mouth,
  • fishing line,
  • drift net.
  •
  • flaw,
  • slip,
  • misapprehension,
  • mix up,
  • gaffe,
  • mistake,
  • oversight,
  • error,
  • blunder.
  •
  • buggy,
  • carriage,
  • caravan,
  • cab,
  • brougham,
  • buckboard,
  • chaise,
  • coach,
  • cart,
  • chariot.
  •
  • quarantine,
  • pen in,
  • lock in.
  •ambuscade (noun)
  • ambuscade.
  •ambush (noun)
  • hiding place,
  • waitings.
  •artifact (noun)
  • trap.
  •bait (noun)
  • seducements.
  •blind (noun)
  • blinker,
  • blinkers,
  • blindfolds,
  • blindfold.
  •booby trap (noun)
  • set-up,
  • hidden dangers,
  • deadfall,
  • baited trap,
  • trip wire,
  • hidden danger,
  • set-ups.
  •bunker (noun)
  • sand bunker.
  •cakehole (noun)
  • cakehole.
  •catch (noun)
  • catch-22's,
  • catch 22's,
  • catch 22,
  • catch22's,
  • fly the ointment,
  • fly in ointment,
  • fly ointment,
  • catch22.
  •deception (noun)
  • mare's-nest,
  • feint,
  • chicanes,
  • fast shuffle,
  • chicane,
  • fast one,
  • Illusions,
  • coverup,
  • hogwash,
  • jives,
  • jive.
  •decoy (noun)
  • mirage.
  •defeat (noun)
  • Vanquishment,
  • nonsuccess,
  • killing,
  • Whaling,
  • lacings,
  • Downthrow,
  • thrashing,
  • trouncings,
  • subjugation,
  • non-success,
  • Insuccess,
  • massacre,
  • waxings,
  • subjugations,
  • kos.
  •device (noun)
  • de sign,
  • pro positions,
  • de-sign,
  • pro-positions,
  • de signs,
  • de-signs,
  • pro position,
  • cunningnesses,
  • clever moves.
  •enclosure (noun)
  • cell,
  • envelopment,
  • enclosure,
  • confinement,
  • barrier,
  • cage,
  • jail,
  • prison,
  • fence,
  • pen.
  •enslave (noun)
  • enslave.
  •entanglement (noun)
  • tieup.
  •enticement (noun)
  • coaxings,
  • pro-mises,
  • pro mise,
  • sweetenings,
  • come hithers,
  • pro mises,
  • pro-mise,
  • co-axing,
  • co axing.
  •gob (noun)
  • gob.
  •pin (noun)
  • pin.
  •sand trap (noun)
  • sand trap.
  •snake in the grass (noun)
  • rat fink,
  • snake in grass,
  • backstabber.
  •snare, trick (noun)
  • gambit,
  • intrigue,
  • ploy,
  • artifice,
  • ambush,
  • stratagem,
  • snag,
  • wile,
  • pitfall,
  • come-on,
  • subterfuge,
  • ruse,
  • machination,
  • quagmire,
  • plot,
  • maneuver,
  • allurement,
  • conspiracy.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • game,
  • dodge,
  • contrivance,
  • trickery,
  • wrinkle,
  • trick of the trade,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • tactics.
  •temptation (noun)
  • pro vocations,
  • tantalizations,
  • pro-vocations,
  • pro vocation.
  •trap (noun)
  • immobilize,
  • yap,
  • immobilise,
  • maw,
  • lying in wait.
  •trick (noun)
  • dis-guise,
  • dis guises,
  • dis guise,
  • doubledealing,
  • pre tenses,
  • pre-tense,
  • pre tense,
  • dis-guises.

• 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.
  •besiege (verb)
  • 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.
  •bottle up (verb)
  • 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.
  •capture (verb)
  • 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.
  •catch (verb)
  • 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.
  •catch, snare; trick (verb)
  • deceive,
  • beguile,
  • suck in,
  • overtake,
  • take,
  • mousetrap,
  • collar,
  • land,
  • seduce,
  • fool,
  • dupe,
  • grab,
  • surprise,
  • rope in,
  • nail,
  • inveigle,
  • nab,
  • circumvent,
  • corral,
  • trip up,
  • ensnare.
  •coop (verb)
  • 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.
  •enclose (verb)
  • embrace,
  • encompass,
  • enclose,
  • encircle,
  • contain,
  • cover,
  • impound,
  • surround,
  • envelop,
  • imprison.
  •enmesh (verb)
  • 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.
  •entangle (verb)
  • 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.
  •entrap (verb)
  • 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.
  •get (verb)
  • 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.
  •hook (verb)
  • Hasped,
  • Hasping.
  •seize (verb)
  • 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.
  •social (verb)
  • pin down.
  •tangle (verb)
  • 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.
  •trick (verb)
  • 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:

  •
  • puss,
  • shut in,
  • intercept,
  • shut away,
  • immure,
  • weigh down,
  • clap in.
  •
  • encumber,
  • pinion,
  • dragnet,
  • impasse,
  • hold in.
  •
  • obstruct,
  • shut up,
  • cloister,
  • recapture,
  • obstruction.
  •
  • weight,
  • hold-down.
  •
  • hold back.
  •
  • web.
  •
  • corner.
  •ambush
  • JAPS,
  • dry gulch,
  • lay for,
  • set trap,
  • ensnared,
  • jap,
  • boxes in,
  • hem in,
  • box in.
  •bag
  • shoot,
  • kill.
  •besiege
  • 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.
  •bottle up
  • 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.
  •capture
  • gaining control,
  • put the cuffs on,
  • take prisoner,
  • gain control,
  • prehend,
  • takes captive,
  • occupy,
  • copping,
  • take captive,
  • run in,
  • Copped,
  • taking captive,
  • prehended.
  •confine
  • box in or up.
  •decoy
  • 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.
  •snare
  • quicksand,
  • snare.
  •trick
  • trepan.

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.

Trap Sentence Examples:

• If only she could trap him.

• He suspected a trap: was she making fun of him, or did she wish to do him harm?

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.