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Antonyms for de-coys
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : noun dee-koi, dih-koi; verb dih-koi |
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈdi kɔɪ, dɪˈkɔɪ; verb dɪˈkɔɪ |
- advantage
- aid
- allow
- antagonize
- assist
- be honest
- benefit
- blessing
- bore
- bully
- certainty
- clear
- delight
- depress
- deter
- deterrent
- directness
- discourage
- discouragement
- disenchant
- disentangle
- disgust
- dishearten
- dislike
- dissuade
- dissuasion
- dull
- exclude
- facing
- fact
- fail
- force
- forthrightness
- frankness
- free
- freedom
- give
- halt
- hate
- hatred
- help
- hinder
- hindrance
- honesty
- honor
- ignorance
- let go
- liberate
- liberation
- loosen
- lose
- meeting
- misunderstanding
- not care
- offend
- openness
- original
- please
- prevent
- prevention
- push
- reality
- receive
- reject
- release
- repel
- repulse
- repulsion
- seriousness
- stop
- threaten
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- turn away
- turn off
- uncomplicate
- untangle
- untwist
- uprightness
- warn
- warning
Definition of de-coys
Origin :- 1610s, perhaps from Dutch kooi "cage," used of a pond surrounded by nets, into which wildfowl were lured for capture, from West Germanic *kaiwa, from Latin cavea "cage." The first element is possibly the Dutch definite article de, mistaken in English as part of the word. But decoy, of unknown origin, was the name of a card game popular c.1550-1650, and this may have influenced the form of the word.
- As in lure : noun bait
- As in snare : noun trap
- As in stool pigeon : noun informer to police
- As in temptation : noun lure, attraction
- As in trap : noun snare, trick
- As in trick : noun deceit
- As in booby trap : noun concealed trap
- As in Trojan horse : noun concealed stratagem
- As in come-on : noun bait
- As in catch : noun trick, hidden disadvantage
- As in cheat : noun person who fools others
- As in inveiglement : noun lure
- As in sharper : noun cheat
- As in tartuffe : noun hypocrite
- As in victimizer : noun cheat
- As in deception : noun trick
- As in decoy : noun bait, trap
- As in enticement : noun allurement; persuasion
- As in hypocrite : noun person who pretends, is deceitful
- As in inveigle : verb entice, manipulate
- As in kidnap : verb abduct; hold for ransom
- As in lure : verb attract, seduce
- As in seduce : verb tempt, ensnare
- As in snare : verb catch, trap
- As in tempt : verb lure, entice
- As in trap : verb catch, snare; trick
- As in cajole : verb attempt to coax; flatter
- As in sweet-talk : verb coax
- As in coax : verb persuade
- As in decoy : verb bait, entrap
- As in ensnare : verb trap
- As in entice : verb allure; persuade
- As in entrap : verb capture, involve
- As in allure : verb entice
- As in ambush : verb lie in wait; attack
Synonyms for de-coys
- actor
- agent provocateur
- allure
- allurement
- ambuscade
- ambush
- appeal
- appeal to
- apple polish
- argue into
- arm-twist
- arrest
- artifice
- assail
- assault
- attitudinizer
- attract
- attraction
- attractiveness
- backslider
- bag
- bait
- baited trap
- bamboozle
- banter
- barter
- bat eyes at
- beard
- beckon
- beguile
- benet
- betray
- betrayer
- bewitch
- bigot
- bilk
- blabbermouth
- blandish
- blandishment
- blarney
- blind
- blow off
- bluff
- bluffer
- body snatch
- booby trap
- booster
- bootlick
- box in
- bribe
- brownnose
- build up
- bundle off
- bushwhack
- butter
- butter up
- cajole
- cajolery
- call
- camouflage
- canary
- captivate
- capture
- carrot
- carry away
- carry off
- casuist
- casuistry
- catch
- Catch-22
- charlatan
- charm
- cheat
- cheater
- chicane
- chicanery
- chiseler
- circumvent
- circumvention
- coax
- coaxing
- collar
- come hither
- come on
- come-on
- con
- con artist
- con game
- concealment
- confidence game
- confidence operator
- conniver
- conspiracy
- conundrum
- corner
- corral
- court
- cover
- cover-up
- cozener
- crock
- crook
- crowd
- dare
- deadfall
- deceive
- deceiver
- deception
- decoy
- deep throat
- defrauder
- delude
- delusion
- device
- disguise
- dissembler
- dissimulator
- distortion
- dodge
- dodger
- double-crosser
- double-dealer
- double-dealing
- drag
- dragnet
- draw
- draw out
- drawback
- drawing card
- dry gulch
- dupe
- duplicity
- egg on
- egg one on
- embroil
- enchant
- enmesh
- ensnare
- ensnarement
- ensorcell
- entangle
- entice
- enticement
- enticer
- entrap
- entrapment
- equivocation
- evasion
- fabrication
- facade
- fake
- faker
- fallacy
- falsehood
- fancy
- fascinate
- fascination
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- feint
- fib
- fink
- flatter
- fly in the ointment
- fool
- forgery
- four-flusher
- fraud
- front
- gambit
- game
- get
- get around
- get hands on
- get next to
- gimmick
- grab
- hand a line
- hankering
- haul
- hem in
- hidden danger
- hide
- hijack
- hit on
- hitch
- hoax
- hogwash
- honey
- hook
- humbug
- hustle
- hypocrite
- illusion
- imitation
- implicate
- importune
- imposition
- impostor
- imposture
- impress
- incentive
- incite
- induce
- inducement
- influence
- informant
- informer
- instigate
- intrigue
- inveigh
- inveigle
- inveiglement
- inveigler
- invention
- invitation
- invite
- involve
- jap
- jawbone
- jive
- jockey
- joke
- jolly
- jump
- land
- land mine
- lasso
- lay for
- lay hands on
- lay it on thick
- lead astray
- lead on
- lead up garden path
- lie
- lip server
- lure
- lurk
- machination
- magnet
- magnetize
- make mouth water
- make off with
- make up to
- malarkey
- malingerer
- maneuver
- mare's-nest
- masquerader
- massage
- mine
- mislead
- motivate
- mountebank
- mousetrap
- move
- nab
- nail
- narc
- nark
- net
- noose
- oil
- overdo it
- overtake
- perjury
- persuade
- pester
- pharisee
- phony
- pirate
- pitfall
- plague
- plant
- play up to
- playactor
- plot
- ploy
- police informer
- poser
- prank
- press
- pretender
- pretense
- pretext
- prevail on
- prevail upon
- promise
- promote
- provocation
- provoke
- pull
- pull in
- push
- puzzle
- puzzler
- quack
- quagmire
- quicksand
- rascal
- rat
- rat fink
- reel in
- remove
- ride
- risk
- rogue
- rook
- rope
- rope in
- round up
- rouse
- rub the right way
- run away with
- ruse
- scam
- scammer
- seduce
- seducement
- seduction
- seize
- set trap
- set up
- set-up
- sham
- shanghai
- shark
- sharper
- shift
- shill
- shuck
- shyster
- siren song
- sitting duck
- skyjack
- smoothie
- snag
- snare
- snarl
- snatch
- sneak
- snitch
- snitcher
- snow
- snow job
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- soften up
- solicit
- soothe
- sophist
- source
- spirit away
- spread it on
- spy
- squealer
- stall
- steal
- steer
- stick
- stimulate
- sting
- stool pigeon
- stoolie
- story
- stratagem
- string along
- stroke
- stumbling block
- subterfuge
- subversive device
- suck in
- suck up to
- sucker
- surprise
- surround
- sweep off feet
- sweep off one's feet
- sweet talk
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- sweetener
- sweetening
- swindle
- swindler
- take
- talk into
- tangle
- tantalization
- tantalize
- tattler
- tattletale
- tease
- teaser
- tempt
- temptation
- test
- tipster
- toll
- tout
- train
- trammel
- trap
- treachery
- trick
- trickery
- trickster
- trip up
- trip wire
- try
- turn on
- turn one's head
- turncoat
- two-face
- two-timer
- urge
- victimizer
- wait
- wangle
- waylay
- weasel
- wheedle
- whet
- whistle-blower
- whitewash
- wile
- win over
- wire
- wolf in sheep's clothing
- woo
- work on
- work over
- worm
- wrinkle
- yen
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