Trap Noun Synonyms
trick, deceive, fool, dupe, beguile, inveigle
Esther finally trapped Oscar into marrying her.
mouth, yap, gob, mush, face
Shut your trap or get out.
imprison, confine, lock, hold, keep
The boy was trapped in the cave without a means of escape.
Trap Verb Synonyms
snare, pitfall, gin, springe, deadfall, booby-trap
After the Pied Piper left, Hamelin had no further need for rat traps.
trick, subterfuge, wile, ruse, stratagem, ambush, deception, device, artifice, ploy
Oscar was the man for whom Esther set a neat trap.
snare, ensnare, entrap, catch, net
We dug a pit to trap the marauding lion.
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