enticeverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈtaɪs/us/ɪnˈtaɪs/to persuade someone to do something by offering them something pleasant:
The adverts entice the customer into buying things they don't really want.
People are being enticed away from the profession by higher salaries elsewhere.
[ + to infinitive ] A smell of coffee in the doorway enticed people to enter the shop.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- arrest
- attract
- attraction
- charm
- charm offensive
- charm the pants off sb idiom
- counterattraction
- crowd-puller
- cute
- glitter
- magnet
- pulling power
- reel
- reel sb/sth in
- seduce
- seduction
- seductive
- spell
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enticement
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪnˈtaɪs.mənt/us/ɪnˈtaɪs.mənt/
One of the enticements of the job is the company car.