snare

snare

noun

Definition of SNARE

1

a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise <you fell for my clever snare, you fool!>

Synonyms ambush, net, snare, web

Related Words enmeshment, entanglement, entrapment, envelopment; booby trap, catch, hazard, land mine, pitfall, snag; artifice, cheat, cheating, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, ploy, ruse, subterfuge, trick

2

something that catches and holds <someday you'll find that your lies are a snare from which you can't escape>

Synonyms entanglement, mesh(es), morass, net, noose, quagmire, quicksand, snare, tanglement, toil(s), trap

Related Words knot, snarl, tangle; cat's cradle, labyrinth, maze; cobweb, spiderweb