Synonyms of lured

lured

verb

past tense of lure

as in tempted

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage

the hunter lured the lion into the open with the antelope carcass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tempted
• seduced
• enticed
• persuaded
• betrayed
• allured
• baited
• beguiled
• decoyed
• solicited
• led on
• trapped
• fascinated
• enchanted
• inveigled
• ensnared
• entrapped
• drew in
• snared
• snowed
• enmeshed
• captivated
• caught
• charmed
• roped (in)
• meshed
• tangled
• bewitched
• magnetized
• wiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warned
• cautioned
• alerted
• forewarned
• drove (away or off)
• turned away
• repulsed
• warded (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lured

Or maybe he was lured into his thoughtless comments because of the jocularity inside that room full of reporters. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Voight’s trio became an industry conduit to Trump, pitching the president on ways to stem the flow of production overseas as it was lured by increasingly attractive tax credits. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2026

Detectives started looking into Conahan in 1996 after a man in prison for stealing Conahan’s car claimed that Conahan had lured him to a remote area and offered to pay him to pose for nude photos. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Giu pays Father Joe a visit and gets infected with the same virus after being lured into the confession box. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2026

She’s based on the filmmaker’s grandmother, who left the family in the 1980s to join an all-women cult, lured by the seductive leader, well-played in the film by Lily James. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

As for how a bobcat ended up in the house in the first place, Kirkland Police believe the adventurous intruder climbed a tree and jumped through an open window, possibly lured in by the resident’s indoor cat. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026

One of those locations, Kennedy Park, is where, in 2006, a group of day laborers were lured into a van by a local police officer posing as a construction worker. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

Decoys posing as young teens lured the men to sting locations, mostly set up at private homes in quiet communities. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026