trap - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

Synonyms

• ambuscade
• ambush
• lying in wait
• trap

More generic

• coup de main
• surprise attack

More specific

• dry-gulching

Noun

a hazard on a golf course

Synonyms

• bunker
• sand trap
• trap

More generic

• hazard

Related

• golf course
• links course

Noun

a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

Synonyms

• trap

More generic

• device

More specific

• entanglement
• flytrap
• gin
• lobster pot
• mantrap
• mousetrap
• net
• noose
• pit
• pitfall
• pound net
• rattrap
• snare
• steel trap
• web

Related

• bait
• decoy
• lure

Noun

a light two-wheeled carriage

Synonyms

• trap

More generic

• carriage
• equipage
• rig

Noun

a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters

Synonyms

• trap

More generic

• mechanical device

Noun

drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas

Synonyms

• trap

More generic

• drain
• drainpipe
• waste pipe

Noun

informal terms for the mouth

Synonyms

• cakehole
• gob
• hole
• maw
• trap
• yap

More generic

• mouth
• oral cavity
• oral fissure
• rima oris

Noun

something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

Synonyms

• snare
• trap

More generic

• design
• plan

More specific

• iron trap
• speed trap

Verb

to hold fast or prevent from moving

Synonyms

• immobilise
• immobilize
• pin
• trap

Verb

catch in or as if in a trap

Synonyms

• ensnare
• entrap
• snare
• trammel
• trap

More generic

• capture
• catch

More specific

• gin

Verb

hold or catch as if in a trap

Synonyms

• trap

More generic

• hold
• take hold

Verb

place in a confining or embarrassing position

Synonyms

• pin down
• trap

More generic

• confine
• detain

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