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Synonyms for trance

Most common

catch capture beguile bewitch trounce

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.

  2. n. 1

    A dazed or unconscious condition.

Related words

Phrases
trance music

Forms

Plural
trances → ecstasies, spells, enchantments, reveries…
Past participle
tranced
e.g. tranced → bewitched, entranced, captured, beguiled…

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or Trance?

We speak of a trance of delight when the emotion almost sweeps one away from the normal exercise of the faculties.

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

Example sentences

  • catch How about playing catch in the vacant lot near by?
  • capture Sami and Layla needed to split up to avoid capture.
  • beguile He can beguile you with his manners.
  • bewitch I can teach you how to bewitch men.
  • trounce He would surely trounce them all, on account of being a professional.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
trancerising
catchrising
capturerising
beguilesteady
bewitchrising
trouncerising

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

By length

5 letters
catch1, dream1, spell1, charm1
6 letters
enamor3
7 letters
capture2, ecstasy3, enchant2, reverie3, bewitch2, beguile2, trounce1, enamour, becharm
8 letters
entrance2, lethargy3
9 letters
captivate3, fascinate3, mesmerism4, catalepsy, enrapture3, spellbind
11 letters
enchantment3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (enamor3 = 3 syllables).