decoy

decoy

noun

Definition of DECOY

something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap <we set the decoy afloat in the marsh and from the blind waited for the ducks to arrive>

Synonyms decoy, lure

Related Words ambush, net, trap; hook, snare, troll; plug, scent, spinner, stool pigeon; appeal, attraction, call, draw, incentive, pull; enticement, seducement, seduction, temptation; entanglement, entrapment

Near Antonyms repellent (also repellant)