Synonyms for beguile
bɪˈgaɪl

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. juggle, beguile, hoodwink(verb)

   influence by slyness

   Synonyms:
   juggle, enamour, entrance, capture, snow, fascinate, enchant, bamboozle, charm, pull the wool over someone's eyes, catch, bewitch, becharm, hoodwink, play false, trance, enamor, captivate, lead by the nose

2. capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant(verb)

   attract; cause to be enamored

   "She captured all the men's hearts"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, tempt, capture, take in, delight, ravish, conquer, get, witch, spellbind, trip up, transfix, mesmerize, captivate, view, arrest, enamour, grip, trance, jinx, fascinate, enamor, see, enrapture, enthrall, becharm, mesmerise, hex, magnetise, intrigue, hoodwink, transport, catch up with, enthral, watch, seize, entrance, charm, glamour, pick up, overhear, appropriate, catch, influence, magnetize, overtake, grab, enchant, juggle, take hold of, bewitch

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. beguile

   To entertain, in the sense here considered, is to engage and pleasantly occupy the attention; to amuse is to occupy the attention in an especially bright and cheerful way, often with that which excites merriment or laughter; as, he entertained us with an amusing story. To divert is to turn from serious thoughts or laborious pursuits to something that lightly and agreeably occupies the mind; one may be entertained or amused who has nothing serious or laborious from which to be diverted. To recreate, literally to re-create, is to engage mind or body in some pleasing activity that restores strength and energy for serious work. To beguile is, as it were, to cheat into cheer and comfort by something that insensibly draws thought or feeling away from pain or disquiet. We beguile a weary hour, cheer the despondent, divert the preoccupied, enliven a dull evening or company, gratify our friends' wishes, entertain, interest, please a listening audience, occupy idle time, disport ourselves when merry, recreate when worn with toil; we amuse ourselves or others with whatever pleasantly passes the time without special exertion, each according to his taste.

   Synonyms:
   amuse, cheer, delight, disport, divert, enliven, entertain, gratify, interest, occupy, please, recreate

   Antonyms:
   annoy, bore, busy, disquiet, distract, disturb, tire, weary

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1. beguile(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   delude, cheat, deceive, BEFOOL

2. beguile(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   divert, amuse, entertain, cheer, solace

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