Synonyms for Trap
træptrap

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. trap

   Synonyms:
   snare, ambush, stratagem, noose, pitfall

   Antonyms:
   warning, beacon, signal-post, lighthouse, premonition

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. trapnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   sand trap, cakehole, bunker, hole, yap, lying in wait, ambuscade, snare, gob, ambush, maw

2. trapnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   sand trap, cakehole, bunker, hole, yap, lying in wait, ambuscade, snare, gob, ambush, maw

3. trap, snarenoun

   something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

   "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"

   Synonyms:
   gin, sand trap, cakehole, bunker, snare drum, hole, yap, lying in wait, ambuscade, snare, trap, gob, side drum, ambush, noose, maw

4. trapnoun

   a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters

   Synonyms:
   sand trap, cakehole, bunker, hole, yap, lying in wait, ambuscade, snare, gob, ambush, maw

5. ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait, trapnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   trap, cakehole, bunker, hole, yap, lying in wait, ambuscade, snare, gob, sand trap, ambush, maw

6. trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gobnoun

   informal terms for the mouth

   Synonyms:
   seafarer, trap, kettle of fish, yap, snare, gob, sand trap, hollow, tar, old salt, pickle, sea dog, mariner, hole, lying in wait, mess, fix, seaman, ambush, maw, muddle, golf hole, ambuscade, bunker, jam, cakehole

7. trapnoun

   a light two-wheeled carriage

   Synonyms:
   sand trap, cakehole, bunker, hole, yap, lying in wait, ambuscade, snare, gob, ambush, maw

8. bunker, sand trap, trapverb

   a hazard on a golf course

   Synonyms:
   trap, cakehole, bunker, lying in wait, sand trap, yap, dugout, ambuscade, snare, hole, gob, ambush, maw

9. trap, pin downverb

   place in a confining or embarrassing position

   "He was trapped in a difficult situation"

   Synonyms:
   trap, ensnare, entrap, nail down, pin down, narrow, peg down, immobilize, snare, trammel, narrow down, specify, pin, pin up, immobilise

10. trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammelverb

    catch in or as if in a trap

    "The men trap foxes"

    Synonyms:
    ensnare, restrict, pin, trammel, snare, restrain, frame, set up, bound, hook, throttle, immobilize, entrap, immobilise, confine, trap, limit, pin down

11. trapverb

    hold or catch as if in a trap

    "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"

    Synonyms:
    ensnare, entrap, pin down, immobilize, snare, trammel, pin, immobilise

12. trap, pin, immobilize, immobiliseverb

    to hold fast or prevent from moving

    "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

    Synonyms:
    trap, ensnare, freeze, entrap, pin down, immobilize, snare, trammel, block, pin, immobilise

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Carriage
   • Design
   • Device
   • Drain
   • Hold
   • Mechanical Device
   • Mouth
   • Surprise Attack

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trapnoun

   Synonyms:
   snare, gin, trapan

2. trapverb

   Synonyms:
   insnare, entrap, trapan

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. trapnoun

   Synonyms:
   snare, toil, gin, springe, pitfall, artifice, stratagem

2. trapverb

   Synonyms:
   entrap, ensnare, trapan, catch

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "trap":

   trick, traps, pitfall, petard, trapping, snare, entrapment, setup, filter, capture, ambush, catch, locker, hatch, trappe, scavenger, trapdoor, ensnare, mousetrap, blackout, interruption, interrupt, pitfalls, outage, booby-traps

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. trap

   Synonyms:
   Stash

2. TRAP

   Synonyms:
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1. Russell Martin Stendal:

   Somebody set a trap for me, and I walked into it, they are accusing me of rebellion for the missionary trips and visits we have made to conflict zones distributing Bibles and radios.

2. Premier Li Keqiang:

   In order to defuse problems and risks, avoid falling into the 'middle income trap', and achieve modernization, China must rely on development and development requires an appropriate growth rate, at the same time, China's economic development has entered a 'new normal'.

3. Paul Beatty:

   If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

4. Matt Dillon:

   He goes to very dark places in the films, obviously, and I don't think you could get much darker than what he has done here, although Hell has trap doors, as we see in this film.

5. Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis:

   The country is in a position like that of Sisyphus — a man condemned to roll a boulder to the top of a hill, only to see it roll down again, we risk condemning an entire generation to a future without hope. To avoid that, what we ask from our eurozone partners is to treat Greece as an equal and help us escape from this Sisyphean trap.