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Synonyms for allure

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

charm attract tempt entice

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Charm

charm, attract, tempt, entice, seduce, captivate, lure, draw, interest, beguile, court, delight, bewitch, fascinate, draw on, take, decoy, pull, ensnare, enchant, entrap, cajole

Other

tole dated

Noun

1. Allurement

allurement, temptingness

Other

siren song, wall walk, enticingness

Antonyms

repel, disgust, repulse

All antonyms of allure →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To entice; to attract.

  2. n. 1

    The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

Related words

Is a kind of
incite stimulate

Forms

Plural
allures → allurements…
Past participle
allured
e.g. allured → charmed, attracted, tempted, enticed…

Choose the right word

Allure or Draw?

To allure is to draw as with a lure by some charm or some prospect of pleasure or advantage.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • attract Positive atomic nuclei attract negative electrons.
  • charm These old buildings are what makes Algiers' charm.
  • tempt The brochure didn't tempt me to go on holiday there.
  • entice He hopes to entice her into doing what he wants.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
allurerising
attractsteady
charmrising
temptrising
enticerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
take1, draw1, pull1, lure1, tole1
5 letters
court1, charm1, tempt1, decoy2
6 letters
seduce2, entice2, entrap2, cajole2
7 letters
attract2, delight2, enchant2, ensnare2, beguile2, bewitch2
8 letters
interest2
9 letters
captivate3, fascinate3
10 letters
allurement
12 letters
temptingness, enticingness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decoy2 = 2 syllables).