decoy

/dəkˈɔɪ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
2. something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

verb

1. lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy

Synonyms for decoy

• steerer
• bait
• lure

Words that rhyme with decoy

• toy
• enjoy
• alloy
• convoy
• destroy
• joy
• soy
• boy
• corduroy
• cowboy
• coy
• employ
• cloy
• deploy
• doughboy
• ploy
• savoy
• troy
• annoy
• bellboy
• busboy
• carboy
• goy
• highboy
• hoy
• playboy
• redeploy
• schoolboy
• tomboy
• ahoy