lure

1. 1.

   provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

   “He lured me into temptation”

   Synonymsenticetempt

   Broaderprovoke

   Narrowerhookseducecallstoollead ontweedledecoybait

Other forms of lure

plural

lures

past tense

lured·

present participle

luring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lure

What does lure mean?

lure means "qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lure?

lure has 1 syllable: lure. In IPA it is /ˈlʊɹ/.

What is another word for lure?

Close synonyms include enticement, come-on, bait, come-on, hook. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lure a common word?

lure is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lure?

1 word rhymes with lure. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.