enticement
/ɪnˈtʌɪsm(ə)nt
/ /ɛnˈtʌɪsm(ə)nt/noun
1Something used to attract or to tempt someone; a lure: financial enticements...
- For the novice celebrity Scientologist like me, there are more enticements on offer.
- Countless others will no doubt be offering him similar enticements in the weeks ahead.
- Indeed, they will resist offers of enticement from competitors.
Synonyms
lure, temptation, allure, attraction, desirability, bait, draw, pull, call, appeal;
glamour, allurement, bewitchment, enchantment, charm, seduction, persuasion, fascination, captivation, magnetism
informal come-on
1.1 [mass noun] The quality of being attractive or tempting: despite the enticement of low prices, sales fell sharply from 2000's record level...
- There are many Filipinos abroad who choose to remain Filipinos despite the enticements of a foreign land.
- Schools from outside the county wanted to use the centre at peak times without the enticement of discounted places.
- The fact that this was achieved without the enticement of regular silverware surely makes such figures all the more impressive.
- unpersuadedness
- unpersuasion
- unpersuasive
- unpersuasively
- unpertaining
- unpertinent
- unperturbed
- unperturbedly
- unperturbedness
- unperused
- unpervaded
- unperverse
- unpervert
- unperverted
- unpestered
- unpetitioned
- unpetrified
- unpetrify
- unpetticoated
- unphilanthropic
- unphilosopher
- unphilosophic
- unphilosophical
- unphilosophically
- unphilosophicalness