drawing card

NOUN

decoy

Synonyms

STRONG

allurement attraction beard blind booster camouflage catch chicane chicanery come-on deception enticement facade fake front imitation inducement lure nark plant pretense shill snare stoolie temptation trick trickery

WEAK

ensnarement inveiglement seducement sitting duck stool pigeon

Antonyms

STRONG

discouragement frankness honesty openness original reality repulsion truth truthfulness

NOUN

feature

Synonyms

STRONGEST

innovation

STRONG

draw headliner peculiarity speciality specialty

WEAK

big show crowd puller main item prominent part

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A group of leading stars, however, want a greater share of the event's revenue to be distributed throughout the field - arguing they remain the main drawing card.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

The pizza, seafood and otherwise, got all the headlines, but it wasn’t the biggest drawing card.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025

His presence was a drawing card for established national tournaments wanting to bring in as many future NBA players as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

DeGeneres is a brilliant comedian, but that was not her central drawing card toward the end of her career, a problem no publicist could fix.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

It was also a nice drawing card for his practice since just about everyone knew he had been the star running back on a Permian team that went to the finals in 1970.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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