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
  • None of this would work without Jennings’s unsettling performance as a persuasive tempter who nonetheless seems creepy as hell.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Air raid sirens blare day and night, warning residents of oncoming fire and sending people running underground.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • According to the complaint, ICE officers pursued Garces-Perez through commercial and residential areas with emergency lights and sirens activated.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But the meatiest parts belong to their characters’ solicitors.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Mendonca was Bolsonaro's solicitor-general before reaching Brazil's top court.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 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
  • Harris, 53, will play the devilish Applegate, while Hough, 38, will take on the role of his temptress Lola.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Charlize Theron, who takes on the role of the temptress nymph Calypso, has leaned toward the seductive, wearing Tom Ford short-shorts on one carpet and a black Givenchy dress with a thigh-high slit on another.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

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“Seducer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducer. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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