COME-ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does come-on mean? 

• COME-ON (noun)
  The noun COME-ON has 2 senses:

1. anything that serves as an enticement

2. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

  Familiarity information: COME-ON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COME-ON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anything that serves as an enticement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

bait; come-on; hook; lure; sweetener

Hypernyms ("come-on" is a kind of...):

enticement; temptation (something that seduces or has the quality to seduce)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

come-on; enticement; lure

Hypernyms ("come-on" is a kind of...):

attraction; attractiveness (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts)