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- Dictionaryentice/ɪnˈtʌɪs/
verb
- 1. attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage: "a show which should entice a new audience into the theatre"
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to attract someone to a particular place or activity by offering something pleasant or advantageous: People are enticed away from government jobs by higher salaries. (Definition of entice from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of entice. entice.
: to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt. enticement. in-ˈtī-smənt. en- noun. Synonyms. allure. bait. beguile. betray. decoy. lead on. lure. seduce. solicit. tempt. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Choose the Right Synonym for entice.
Entice means to persuade with promises of something. The word entice means to lure or tempt someone by promising them something that they like. It is a little manipulative but in a fairly straightforward way. You always know it when someone is enticing you.
to persuade someone to do something by offering them something pleasant: entice someone into something The ads entice the customer into buying things they don't really want. be enticed away from People are being enticed away from the profession by higher salaries elsewhere.
To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire: The good review enticed me to see the movie. See Synonyms at lure. [Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier, to instigate, possibly from Vulgar Latin *intītiāre, to set afire : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin tītiō, firebrand.] en·tice′ment n.
verb. To entice someone to go somewhere or to do something means to try to persuade them to go to that place or to do that thing. Retailers have tried almost everything to entice shoppers through their doors. [VERB noun preposition] The manager tried to entice some of his rival club's players away. [VERB noun with adverb]
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle: They were enticed westward by dreams of gold. Synonyms: tempt, decoy, attract, lure. Antonyms: repel. entice. / ɪnˈtaɪs / verb. tr to attract or draw towards oneself by exciting hope or desire; tempt; allure.
