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web

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of web

1 something that catches and holds

he was caught in the web of branches

she was trapped by her own web of lies

Synonyms of web

entanglement, mesh(es), morass, net, noose, quagmire, quicksand, snare, tanglement, toil(s), trap

Words Related to web

knot, snarl, tangle

cat's cradle, labyrinth, maze

cobweb, spiderweb

2 a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise

an ingenious web that was spun by undercover agents going after drug dealers

Synonyms of web

ambush, net, snare, trap

Words Related to web

enmeshment, entanglement, entrapment, envelopment

booby trap, catch, hazard, land mine, pitfall, snag

artifice, cheat, cheating, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, ploy, ruse, subterfuge, trick

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