HONEYPOT Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

honeypot

noun

Definition of honeypot

as in bonanza

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Recent Examples of honeypot For a time in the nineties, Amsterdam was an attractive base; in the two-thousands, it was superseded by the Costa del Sol, in Spain; in the twenty-tens, Dubai became the honeypot. — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026 Portable credentials restore individual agency, shrink data honeypots, accelerate legitimate transactions, and reduce the very frictions and liabilities that regulators and courts have struggled to manage. — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2026 And, unlike Western intelligence services, which Shedd said are constrained by legal standards and ethical considerations, China and Russia are also willing to deploy honeypots. — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026 Trump’s whole-milk policy is a decoy not unlike the honeypot in Peele’s movie—culturally legible to those primed to hear it. — Paige Oamek, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for honeypot

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Noun

Summer Fest is here San Jose’s annual jazz bonanza is back with another eye-popping lineup of young stars and old favorites.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
The Pentagon’s rush to plug shortfalls has sparked a bonanza among incumbent military contractors and new defense startups, which are repurposing components from fracking, autos, and pharma to shorten production timetables.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of bonanza

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In both cases, the assumption is the same—that theatergoers aren’t there for traditional superhero derring-do, only a cavalcade of Easter eggs and teases for upcoming installments to keep the Marvel gravy train running at full steam.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
At first, investors were throwing themselves at any opportunity to hop on the gravy train with the hope of cashing in big.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 25 June 2026

Definition of gravy train

Noun

The cache helped at the margins, but the root query issues remained.

— Manas Chaudhari, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Users should also clear their browser cache, review browser extensions, change important passwords from a different trusted device and enable two-factor authentication.

— Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

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