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