All decoy antonyms
de·coy
D d noun decoy
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- openness — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
verb decoy
- disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- release — to lease again.
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.