lure implies a drawing into danger, evil, or difficulty through attracting and deceiving.
lured naive investors with get-rich-quick schemes
entice suggests drawing by artful or adroit means.
advertising designed to entice new customers
inveigle implies enticing by cajoling or flattering.
fund-raisers inveigling wealthy alumni
decoy implies a luring into entrapment by artifice.
attempting to decoy the enemy into an ambush
tempt implies the presenting of an attraction so strong that it overcomes the restraints of conscience or better judgment.
tempted by the offer of money
seduce implies a leading astray by persuasion or false promises.
seduced by assurances of assistance
Examples of entice in a Sentence
every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet
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The possibilities are enticing because of how both Mara and Johnson grade out defensively.—Cj Moore, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 The 6-foot-4, 260-pound outside linebacker has a draft pedigree that could entice other squads.—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025 In the chain’s most recent earnings call last month, Kempczinski said customers more than doubled their visits after joining the program, enticed by discounts.—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 These maggots vomit and excrete illuminated threads of bile to entice tiny insects to their deaths.—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entice
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French enticer, from Vulgar Latin *intitiare, from Latin in- + titio firebrand
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