entices

verb

present tense third-person singular of entice
as in tempts
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet

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Recent Examples of entices The main sticking point is Real Madrid’s failure to offer something that entices both City and the player, whose contract expires at the Etihad on June 30, 2027. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Guadalupe River State Park entices visitors with its cool waters for tubing, paddling, and swimming and family-friendly campgrounds. — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026 The play, which won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize this year, entices on the page despite seeming overstuffed and curiously decentralized. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 In a European women’s football ecosystem that still relies predominantly on the beneficence of men’s football, Kang’s bullishness to put her money where her mouth is naturally entices. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 May 2026 The blue light entices mosquitos, gnats, flies, and fruit flies, luring them to their demise on an unforgiving sticky pad. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2026 Borage An annual herb with bright bluish-purple flowers, borage entices important insects to the garden. — Lauren David, Martha Stewart, 24 Apr. 2026 Loot boxes in the crosshairs James alleges Valve entices players to pay for a chance to win a rare virtual item, and that those rare items can be traded for real money in accordance with their rarity. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026 While Summer most likely has tonnes of toys and a dog bed, there’s something about cardboard boxes that entices pets. — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entices
  1. tempts
  2. seduces
  3. lures
  4. persuades
Verb
  • While Sal tempts Sessa’s Bourdain with drugs, thievery and more bad behavior.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The slight dogleg to the right tempts players to take an aggressive line off the tee, but an expansive waste bunker guards the shortcut and punishes any miscalculation.
    — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of tempts
Verb
  • This is not the beautiful creature who seduces Odysseus in the poem.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In the video, then-23-year-old Gugino plays a young woman who, after her rock star boyfriend cheats on her with her best friend, seduces an artist painting her portrait.
    — Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Definition of seduces
Verb
  • Elections can bring an injection of new viewership to news networks, as the drama around the race for federal office often lures people beyond CNN’s immediate crowd.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
  • An unusual black box near the American Museum of Natural History’s (AMNH) iconic blue whale lures unsuspecting visitors to one of the museum’s most dramatic displays.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of lures
Verb
  • Nia persuades Tefa to join her in smuggling cellphones into the regional prison.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the warning, Max persuades both the guide and the rest of the group to choose the red path instead.
    — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 29 July 2026
Definition of persuades

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“Entices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entices. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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