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decoy
Overview of noun decoy
The noun decoy has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. decoy, steerer -- (a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot))
2. bait, decoy, lure -- (something used to lure victims into danger)
Overview of verb decoy
The verb decoy has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. decoy -- (lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decoy
2 senses of decoy
Sense 1
decoy, steerer
=> deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
=> wrongdoer, offender
=> bad person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> accomplice, confederate
=> assistant, helper, help, supporter
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
bait, decoy, lure
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun decoy
2 senses of decoy
Sense 1
decoy, steerer
=> roper
=> shill
Sense 2
bait, decoy, lure
=> chum
=> fisherman's lure, fish lure
=> ground bait
=> stool pigeon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decoy
2 senses of decoy
Sense 1
decoy, steerer
=> deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
=> accomplice, confederate
Sense 2
bait, decoy, lure
=> device
Antonyms of noun decoy
Member Holonyms of noun decoy
Substance Holonyms of noun decoy
Part Holonyms of noun decoy
1 of 2 senses of decoy
Sense 2
bait, decoy, lure
PART OF: trap
Member Meronyms of noun decoy
Substance Meronyms of noun decoy
Part Meronyms of noun decoy
Meronyms of noun decoy
Holonyms of noun decoy
1 of 2 senses of decoy
Sense 2
bait, decoy, lure
PART OF: trap
Attributes of noun decoy
Derived Forms of noun decoy
1 of 2 senses of decoy
Sense 2
bait, decoy, lure
RELATED TO>(verb) decoy#1
=> decoy
Domain of noun decoy
Domain Terms of noun decoy
Familiarity of noun decoy
decoy used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun decoy
2 senses of decoy
Sense 1
decoy, steerer
> deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
=> bluffer, four-flusher
=> swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter
=> decoy, steerer
=> dodger, fox, slyboots
=> double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor
=> embezzler, defalcator, peculator
=> falsifier
=> finagler, wangler
=> forger, counterfeiter
=> fortune hunter
=> front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman
=> hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender
=> impersonator, imitator
=> imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player
=> liar, prevaricator
=> misleader
=> mountebank, charlatan
=> obscurantist
=> sandbagger
=> two-timer
=> utterer
> accomplice, confederate
=> decoy, steerer
Sense 2
bait, decoy, lure
> device
=> acoustic device
=> adapter, adaptor
=> afterburner
=> agglomerator
=> airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
=> alarm, warning device, alarm system
=> appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
=> applicator, applier
=> aspergill, aspersorium
=> autopilot, automatic pilot, robot pilot
=> bait, decoy, lure
=> billiard marker
=> bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder
=> blower
=> bootjack
=> breathalyzer, breathalyser
=> breathing device, breathing apparatus, breathing machine, ventilator
=> bubbler
=> buffer, fender
=> catapult, launcher
=> charger, battery charger
=> clip-on
=> comb
=> comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring
=> conductor
=> contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
=> converter, convertor
=> corer
=> corrective, restorative
=> crusher
=> cryptograph
=> cutoff
=> dampener, moistener
=> damper, muffler
=> data input device, input device
=> deflector
=> dental appliance
=> depressor
=> detector, sensor, sensing element
=> diestock
=> drive
=> drop forge, drop hammer, drop press
=> elastic device
=> electrical device
=> electronic device
=> energizer, energiser
=> exercise device
=> explosive device
=> fan
=> filter
=> fire extinguisher, extinguisher, asphyxiator
=> flare
=> fumigator
=> gas fixture
=> groover
=> guard, safety, safety device
=> heater, warmer
=> heat exchanger
=> holding device
=> hydrofoil, foil
=> imprint
=> indicator
=> instrument
=> interlock, ignition interlock
=> interrupter
=> jig
=> key
=> keyboard
=> Kinetoscope
=> knocker, doorknocker, rapper
=> lift
=> lifting device
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> machine
=> magnet
=> mechanism
=> memory device, storage device
=> musical instrument, instrument
=> nest egg
=> noisemaker
=> optical device
=> override
=> paper feed
=> peeler
=> pick, plectrum, plectron
=> power takeoff, PTO
=> prod, goad
=> prompter, autocue
=> pull
=> reflector
=> release, button
=> remote control, remote
=> reset
=> restraint, constraint
=> router
=> runner
=> scratcher
=> shoehorn
=> shoetree
=> shooting stick
=> shredder
=> signaling device
=> snowshoe
=> sounder
=> source of illumination
=> stabilizer, stabiliser
=> stemmer
=> stencil
=> straightener
=> strengthener, reinforcement
=> stylus
=> support
=> sweatbox
=> synchroflash
=> take-up
=> teaser
=> throwing stick, throwing board, spear thrower, dart thrower
=> tilter
=> tongs, pair of tongs
=> trap
=> trigger
=> valve
=> vaporizer, vaporiser
=> ventilator
=> washboard
=> water cooler
Meronyms of noun decoy
2 senses of decoy
Sense 1
decoy, steerer
=> deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
=> wrongdoer, offender
=> bad person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
=> accomplice, confederate
=> assistant, helper, help, supporter
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
bait, decoy, lure
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun decoy
1 of 2 senses of decoy
Sense 2
bait, decoy, lure
PART OF: trap
Grep of noun decoy
decoy
Antonyms of verb decoy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decoy
1 sense of decoy
Sense 1
decoy
=> entice, lure, tempt
=> provoke, stimulate
=> challenge
=> invite, bid
=> request
=> ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb decoy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decoy
1 sense of decoy
Sense 1
decoy
=> entice, lure, tempt
'Cause To' of verb decoy
Derived Forms of verb decoy
1 sense of decoy
Sense 1
decoy
RELATED TO>(noun) decoy#2
=> bait, decoy, lure
Domain of verb decoy
Domain Terms of verb decoy
Familiarity of verb decoy
decoy used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb decoy
1 sense of decoy
Sense 1
decoy
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb decoy
1 sense of decoy
Sense 1
decoy
> entice, lure, tempt
=> hook, snare
=> seduce
=> call
=> stool
=> lead on
=> tweedle
=> decoy
=> bait
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb decoy
Sense 1
decoy
=> entice, lure, tempt
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Grep of verb decoy
decoy
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