TEMPTATION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TEMPTATION?

Need another word that means the same as “temptation”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “temptation” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Temptation” are: enticement, desire, urge, itch, impulse, inclination, lure, allurement, seduction, attraction, draw, pull, invitation, allure, appeal, attractiveness, fascination

Temptation as a Noun

Definitions of "Temptation" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “temptation” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The tempting of Jesus by the Devil (see Matt. 4).
• The desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid.
• The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire.
• The desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.
• Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce.
• A thing that attracts or tempts someone.

Synonyms of "Temptation" as a noun (17 Words)

allure	The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating. People for whom gold holds no allure.
allurement	Attractiveness. Its allurement was its remoteness.
appeal	A request for donations to support a charity or cause. An appeal to the public to keep calm.
attraction	An entertainment that is offered to the public. This reform has many attractions for those on the left.
attractiveness	The possession of qualities or features that arouse interest. Simply smiling can increase your attractiveness to others.
desire	Something desired. They were clinging together in fierce desire.
draw	An act of drawing on a cigarette or cigar. They re dropping Es and smoking draw.
enticement	The quality of being attractive or tempting. Despite the enticement of low prices sales fell sharply from 2000 s record level.
fascination	The state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror. Television has always held a fascination for me.
impulse	A change of momentum produced by an impulse equivalent to the average value of the force multiplied by the time during which it acts. I had an almost irresistible impulse to giggle.
inclination	The angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis. He was free to follow his inclinations.
invitation	A tempting allurement. A club with membership by invitation only.
itch	A skin disease or condition of which itching is a symptom. An itch to write fiction.
lure	Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. The lure of the exotic East.
pull	A device used for pulling something. His strenuous pulling strained his back.
seduction	Enticing someone astray from right behavior. She was planning a seduction.
urge	An instinctive motive. He felt the urge to giggle.

Usage Examples of "Temptation" as a noun

• We almost gave in to temptation.
• He felt the temptation and his will power weakened.
• He resisted the temptation to call Celia at the office.
• The temptations of life in London.

Associations of "Temptation" (30 Words)

allure	Dispose or incline or entice to. People for whom gold holds no allure.
attract	Be attractive to. His criticism of the government attracted widespread support.
attraction	The action or power of evoking interest in or liking for someone or something. This reform has many attractions for those on the left.
boor	A rough and bad-mannered person. At last the big obnoxious boor had been dealt a stunning blow for his uncouth and belligerent manner.
boorish	Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. Boorish behaviour.
charisma	A personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others. He has tremendous charisma and stage presence.
charm	A characteristic property of certain subatomic particles specifically charm quarks charm antiquarks and hadrons containing these expressed as a quantum number. You re not going to charm me into changing my mind.
coax	Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering. He was coaxing me to walk a bit further.
coquet	Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. For a while he coquetted with engineering.
dastardly	Wicked and cruel. Pirates and their dastardly deeds.
dating	Use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens.
delusive	Inappropriate to reality or facts. A delusive perception of opportunity for all.
demon	A cruel wicked and inhuman person. I was a little demon I can tell you.
devil	A person with specified characteristics. Devilled eggs.
entice	Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion. A show which should entice a new audience into the theatre.
enticing	Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire. An enticing prospect.
frivolity	Something of little value or significance. A night of fun and frivolity.
glamorize	Make glamorous and attractive. The lyrics glamorize drugs.
lure	Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. The film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young girls.
rapscallion	A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. They were the rapscallions behind this practical joke.
rascal	A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. A lovable rascal.
rogue	A seedling or plant deviating from the standard variety. You are a rogue and an embezzler.
scamp	A wicked or worthless person; a rogue. That man was a scamp a damn thief.
scoundrel	A wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately. That scoundrel sets a bad example for the other young men.
seduction	A tempting or attractive thing. If seduction doesn t work she can play on his sympathy.
tempt	Try to seduce. There ll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching.
tempter	A person who tempts others. Satan is the great tempter of mankind.
worldly	(of a person) experienced and sophisticated. The benefits of his worldly wisdom.