Synonyms of snaring

snaring

verb

present participle of snare

1

as in trapping

to catch or hold as if in a net

easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trapping
• tangling
• ensnaring
• entrapping
• netting
• enmeshing
• entangling
• involving
• meshing
• capturing
• immeshing
• ensnarling
• entoiling
• collaring
• implicating
• catching up
• embroiling
• bagging
• birdliming
• miring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• detaching
• disengaging
• disentangling
• freeing
• untangling
• clearing
• extricating
• liberating

• detaching
• disengaging
• disentangling
• freeing
• untangling
• clearing
• extricating
• liberating

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2

as in grabbing

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

campers trying to snare brook trout for supper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabbing
• catching
• snatching
• capturing
• seizing
• trapping
• snagging
• getting
• landing
• nabbing
• netting
• hooking
• corralling
• collaring
• bagging
• nailing
• grappling
• rapping
• copping
• snapping (up)
• taking hold (of)
• nobbling
• arresting
• clutching
• glomming
• grasping
• securing
• roping
• holding
• apprehending
• lassoing
• detaining
• ensnaring
• gripping
• gloving
• clasping
• entrapping
• kidnapping
• cornering
• abducting
• entangling
• baying
• rending
• kidnaping
• haltering
• wresting
• enmeshing
• latching (on or onto)
• fastening (on)
• meshing
• fisting
• spiriting (away or off)
• immeshing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• releasing
• discharging
• freeing
• liberating
• dropping
• loosening
• unhanding

• missing
• releasing
• discharging
• freeing
• liberating
• dropping
• loosening
• unhanding

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