honeypot

noun

hon·​ey·​pot ˈhə-nē-ˌpät 

1

: one that is attractive or desirable

2

: a substantial source of money

Examples of honeypot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Wednesday, two IP addresses from Canada and the Netherlands, which have been flagged as malicious, were frequently connecting to the honeypots, apparently to probe for vulnerabilities. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026

Complex exploit chain The new details allowed a separate researcher to create a honeypot that could track attempts in the wild to exploit the vulnerability chain. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

The honeypot sites of royal Rajasthan—spliced by the brown slopes of the Aravalli Range, the state emerged after Partition from a mosaic of 22 feudal kingdoms—are so many people’s taster to India. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

He was pulled over by the cops after his honeypot encounter with Alice, but talked his way out of a DWI and is still on the street. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for honeypot

• aeronaut
• aforethought
• afterthought
• apricot
• argonaut
• astronaut
• camelot
• coffeepot
• concordat
• cosmonaut
• entrepot
• flowerpot