Antonyms for bait
beɪtbait

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. bait

   Antonyms:
   warning, scarecrow, dissuasive, deterrent, prohibition, intimidation, threat

   Synonyms:
   morsel, snare, decoy, enticement, allurement, inducement

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Lure
   • Mock

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetenernoun

   anything that serves as an enticement

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, draw, hook, sweetening, decoy, lure, sweetener, claw, crotchet, hooking, come-on, enticement

2. bait, decoy, lureverb

   something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

   Synonyms:
   hook, decoy, steerer, sweetener, lure, come-on, enticement

3. tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, rideverb

   harass with persistent criticism or carping

   "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

   Synonyms:
   sit, depend on, get at, reproof, mobilise, chide, rile, dun, cod, razz, crucify, bedevil, reprimand, lambaste, mobilize, devil, drive, badger, get to, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, chew out, beat up, gull, trounce, tease, taunt, fool, berate, chew up, rebound, lecture, drum up, nark, rag, depend upon, card, torment, ride, tease apart, dress down, irritate, tantalize, rally, befool, turn on, come up, remonstrate, hinge on, mount, pester, call up, take in, jaw, rebuke, nettle, fluff, vex, beleaguer, lambast, dupe, put on, bother, gravel, take to task, muster up, devolve on, summon, bawl out, slang, muster, call on the carpet, twit, put one across, loosen, have words, put one over, chafe, scold, call down, hinge upon, bug

4. baitverb

   lure, entice, or entrap with bait

   Synonyms:
   rally, tease, ride, twit, rag, cod, taunt, tantalize, tantalise, razz

5. baitverb

   attack with dogs or set dogs upon

   Synonyms:
   rally, tease, ride, twit, rag, cod, taunt, tantalize, tantalise, razz

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1. baitnoun

   Synonyms:
   lure, enticement, inducement, temptation, decoy, allurement, kibblings

How to use bait in a sentence?

1. Jose Simon:

   In Mexico we have a word for sushi: bait.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   I think it can best be described as the 'Biden bait and switch,' president Biden ran as a moderate, but I'm hard-pressed to think of anything at all that he's done — so far — that would indicate some degree of moderation.

3. Stephen Tyson Jr:

   It gave me a fight, i was in a tournament and in (black) bass fishing mode and I had found some nice bass. I saw this big fish (on my scope) and my first thought it was a bass and I saw it come off the bottom and eat my bait.

4. John Boehner:

   The train was going twice the speed limit, adequate funds were there, no money’s been cut from rail safety, and it’s hard for me to imagine that people take the bait on some of the nonsense that gets spewed around here.

5. Donald Trump:

   ( Adoptions) was the primary thing that we had spoken about in the meeting, you know that's not the premise that got them in the room and then they started it was essentially a bait and switch to talk about that, and everyone has basically said that in testimony already.

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