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snare

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of snare

1 a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise

You fell for my clever snare, you fool!

Synonyms of snare

ambush, net, trap, web

Words Related to snare

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 of snare

entanglement, mesh(es), morass, net, noose, quagmire, trap, web

Words Related to snare

knot, snarl, tangle

cat's cradle, labyrinth, maze

cobweb, spiderweb

snare

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of snare

1 to catch or hold as if in a net

easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye

Synonyms of snare

catch up, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entrap, mesh, net, tangle, trap

Words Related to snare

bag, birdlime, capture, collar

embroil, implicate, involve, mire

Near Antonyms of snare

detach, disengage, extricate

clear, free, liberate

Antonyms of snare

disentangle, untangle

2 to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

campers trying to snare brook trout for supper

Synonyms of snare

bag, capture, catch, collar, cop [slang], corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, rap, seize, snag, snap (up), snatch, trap

Words Related to snare

glove, halter, lasso, rope

apprehend, arrest, detain

clasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), secure

enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, mesh

abduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off)

Phrases Synonymous with snare

take hold (of)

Near Antonyms of snare

discharge, free, liberate, release

drop, loosen, unhand

Antonyms of snare

Synonym Discussion of snare

catch, capture, trap, snare, entrap, ensnare, bag mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing. catch implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding.

- caught the dog as it ran by

capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty.

- capture an enemy stronghold

trap, snare, entrap, ensnare imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of the captor. trap and snare apply more commonly to physical seizing.

- trap animals
- snared butterflies with a net

entrap and ensnare more often are figurative.

- entrapped the witness with a trick question
- a sting operation that ensnared burglars

bag implies shooting down a fleeing or distant prey.

- bagged a brace of pheasants

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