Synonyms of beguiles

beguiles

verb

present tense third-person singular of beguile

1

as in fascinates

to attract or delight as if by magic

the magician effortlessly beguiled and amazed the children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fascinates
• entices
• delights
• enchants
• captivates
• seduces
• charms
• pleases
• tempts
• intrigues
• bewitches
• lures
• kills
• interests
• allures
• magnetizes
• draws
• wiles
• witches
• pulls
• woos
• disarms
• gratifies
• beckons
• invites
• enraptures
• appeals (to)
• enthralls
• entrances
• arrests
• solicits
• courts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• offends
• repels
• disgusts
• annoys
• displeases
• bores
• wearies
• revolts
• irks
• tires

2

as in deceives

to cause to believe what is untrue

beguiled her into believing that yet another worthless item would enhance her life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceives
• fools
• tricks
• misleads
• deludes
• teases
• misinforms
• misguides
• hoodwinks
• kids
• bamboozles
• juggles
• stings
• dupes
• catches
• humbugs
• sucks in
• snows
• cozens
• suckers
• gulls
• bluffs
• burns
• strings along
• spoofs
• has
• has on
• cheats
• cons
• hoaxes
• fakes out
• does a number on
• takes in
• buffaloes
• gaffs
• snookers
• hornswoggles
• gammons
• leads one down the garden path
• defrauds
• shortchanges
• pulls one's leg
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• sticks
• bleeds
• swindles
• hustles
• diddles
• puts on
• mulcts
• flimflams
• squeezes
• fleeces
• chisels
• rooks
• euchres
• skins

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• unmasks
• uncovers
• tells
• discloses
• debunks
• shows up
• divulges
• unveils
• undeceives
• uncloaks
• disenchants
• disabuses
• disillusions

3

as in tempts

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage

was beguiled by the promise of easy money as a drug dealer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tempts
• seduces
• lures
• entices
• persuades
• betrays
• allures
• fascinates
• solicits
• leads on
• baits
• decoys
• enchants
• traps
• ensnares
• captivates
• entraps
• snows
• inveigles
• draws in
• bewitches
• meshes
• charms
• snares
• enmeshes
• catches
• tangles
• magnetizes
• ropes (in)
• wiles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warns
• cautions
• alerts
• forewarns
• drives (away or off)
• turns away
• wards (off)
• repulses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beguiles

Come evening, and the amber lighting of the Manor Inn beguiles; settle in with a pint of the local Wainwrights ale and its beef brisket with red wine gravy and roasted root vegetables. — Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026

Wedged in the far southeastern corner of the bottom of the continent, between South Africa and Mozambique, Eswatini is the last absolute monarchy in Africa, a status that bewilders modernizers and beguiles traditionalists. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025