Antonyms for
trap
A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
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All Definitions for Trap

Below are all the dictionary definitions of trap:

1A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
2A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense
3A snare.
4A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
5Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.
6A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender
7Otokonoko, josou.
8An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
9Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
10A covering over a hole or opening
11A trapdoor.
12A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
13A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
14A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
15A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
16The game of trapball itself.
17A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
18An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime
19A ghetto
20A hood.
21A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
22A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
23A person's mouth.
24Synonym of vagina.
25A cubicle (in a public toilet).
26Trapshooting.
27The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
28To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
29To ensnare
30To take by stratagem
31To entrap.
32To provide with a trap.
33To set traps for game
34To make a business of trapping game
35To travel for the purpose of trapping.
36To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
37To leave suddenly, to flee.
38To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
39To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.
40Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
41To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
42A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock
43Trap rock.
44To dress with ornaments
45To adorn (especially said of horses).
46The trapezius muscle.
47A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
48A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
49A policeman.
50Belongings.
51A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
52Initialism of twin reversed arterial perfusion.
53Acronym of targeted regulation of abortion providers.
54Acronym of training-repayment-agreement provision.

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About antonyms for trap

Finding the right antonym for trap helps writers create contrast, clarify meaning, and add depth to their work. Defined as "A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.", trap has 0 opposite words that can be used to express contrasting ideas.

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