seducer

Definition of seducernext
as in tempter
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire fabled as a land of endless opportunity, California continues to be a seducer of dreamers and doers

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Recent Examples of seducer Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer. Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seducer
Noun
  • Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (Enyi Okoronkwo) is promoted to chief fellow party animal and tempter, showing up at Mozart’s door draped in women.
    Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
  • Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (Enyi Okoronkwo) is promoted to chief fellow party animal and tempter, showing up at Mozart’s door draped in women.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Kerr County was among the first to install and begin testing sirens along the Guadalupe River in May 2026.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Air raid sirens sounded for hours overnight, and explosions were heard across the city as Ukrainian air defenses worked to repel waves of incoming weapons.
    Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • In the early 1970s, in the midst of an oil crisis, my father ran a solicitors' firm.
    Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Cohen asked the deputy city solicitor about use of force cases.
    Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Sarah Snook cartwheeled through 26 roles — from the beautiful and doomed protagonist to his oily, eloquent corruptor, Lord Henry, to the tragically self-sabotaging actress Sibyl Vane — without, seemingly, losing her breath or putting a single curl on Dorian’s golden head out of place.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In Italian, a diavola is a dangerous, powerful woman, and likely a temptress.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
  • Indeed, she is labelled with being a rule-breaker and temptress.
    Lisa Z. Lindahl, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2026

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“Seducer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducer. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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