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

2 of 2

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

Recounting her boyfriend calling the police on her during their fraught break-up, the chorus rings out over rowdy snares like a brutal playground taunt. — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

Poaching once devastated the park, but in the past decade, 40,000 wire snares have been removed, and black rhinos, cheetahs, lions and wild dogs have been reintroduced. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 19 July 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

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