Thesaurus:decoy

THESAURUS

decoy

English

Noun

Sense: someone or something that misleads, who draws attention away from the real thing

Synonyms

• body double
• decoy
• red herring

See also

• Thesaurus:correspondent
• Thesaurus:counterpart
• Thesaurus:dependent
• Thesaurus:fake
• Thesaurus:imitate
• Thesaurus:lie
• Thesaurus:substitute

Further reading

• “548. deceiver” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “decoy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.