tempt

Other forms of tempt

past tense

tempted·

present participle

tempting·

third person

tempts·

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 tempt

What does tempt mean?

tempt means "dispose or incline or entice to". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tempt?

tempt has 1 syllable: tempt. In IPA it is /ˈtɛmpt/.

What is another word for tempt?

Close synonyms include allure, entice, lure, invite, charm. 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 tempt a common word?

tempt is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 tempt?

2 words rhyme with tempt. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.