Synonyms of snares

snares 1 of 2

noun

plural of snare

1

as in traps

a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise

you fell for my clever snare, you fool!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traps
• ambushes
• nets
• webs
• ruses
• entanglements
• deceptions
• tricks
• snags
• hazards
• pitfalls
• subterfuges
• artifices
• entrapments
• catches
• land mines
• booby traps
• envelopments
• enmeshments
• cheats
• ploys
• duplicities
• double-dealings

2

as in tangles

something that catches and holds

someday you'll find that your lies are a snare from which you can't escape

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traps
• tangles
• entanglements
• nets
• toils
• meshes
• webs
• labyrinths
• quicksands
• mazes
• nooses
• morasses
• quagmires
• snarls
• tanglements
• knots
• cobwebs
• spiderwebs
• cat's cradles

snares

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verb

present tense third-person singular of snare

1

as in nets

to catch or hold as if in a net

easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traps
• tangles
• nets
• ensnares
• meshes
• entraps
• enmeshes
• entangles
• involves
• captures
• ensnarls
• entoils
• catches up
• collars
• implicates
• bags
• embroils
• mires
• birdlimes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disengages
• detaches
• disentangles
• frees
• untangles
• liberates
• extricates
• clears

2

as in grabs

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

campers trying to snare brook trout for supper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabs
• catches
• traps
• snatches
• lands
• seizes
• captures
• snags
• nets
• hooks
• gets
• bags
• collars
• raps
• grapples
• nails
• corrals
• nabs
• snaps (up)
• cops
• takes hold (of)
• clutches
• nobbles
• arrests
• gloves
• gloms
• ropes
• grasps
• grips
• corners
• apprehends
• holds
• fists
• detains
• clasps
• lassos
• secures
• ensnares
• meshes
• halters
• entraps
• latches (on or onto)
• enmeshes
• rends
• kidnaps
• bays
• entangles
• fastens (on)
• spirits (away or off)
• abducts
• wrests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misses
• discharges
• releases
• frees
• liberates
• drops
• loosens
• unhands

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snares

Noun

In the video, backed by champagne synths and hopscotching snares, a tuxedoed Jaeychino strolls the beach in Margiela sneakers, his jacket flapping in the wind as seafoam washes ashore. — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026

Further down the street, a troupe of drummers held court with a mix of snares and bass. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 June 2026

His blood sloshed through the device’s tiny channels and pressed against its protein snares. — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2026

Conservationists-in-the-making can join hands-on efforts like removing poacher snares, clearing invasive plants, or collecting data on endangered species. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026

The team used non-invasive survey tools, including 285 hair snares and 135 remote cameras, to collect the information from a 150-square-mile area, the institute said. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026

The team gathered their marten data via 285 hair snares (made from PVC pipe) and 135 cameras. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026

Its graphic clarity teems with ornament and glitter, visual intoxications that signal delusions and snares. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026

In other parts of the state, hoop nets and crab snares may be used. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025

Verb

The hallmarks of the Navy Blue sound are present—barely-there snares keeping time in the distance, string samples melting into reflective puddles, overtones from resonant piano lines. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026

Hair snares use tape and wire to collect DNA and other data by collecting a sample of wild animal hair when creatures pass by, according to Popular Science. — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026

Maybe Deandre Ayton snares his first signature Lakers moment. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025