as in hero
an attractive and usually famous man
He is the latest in a series teen heartthrobs to capture the attention of many adolescents.
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Recent Examples of heartthrob
For some, he’s even emerged as a sort of anti-hero heartthrob.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Feldman had broken through a year earlier in The Goonies (1985), and subsequently became known as one of the Two Coreys — the other being young heartthrob Corey Haim.
—Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Leslie Nielsen started out as heartthrob leading man and then became this comedy secret weapon.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
This positive experience was hard-earned after some rough years early in his career surrounding his rise to teen heartthrob fame with shows like One Tree Hill and Gilmore Girls.
—H. Alan Scott
jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Feldman had broken through a year earlier in The Goonies (1985), and subsequently became known as one of the Two Coreys — the other being young heartthrob Corey Haim.
—Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Leslie Nielsen started out as heartthrob leading man and then became this comedy secret weapon.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
This positive experience was hard-earned after some rough years early in his career surrounding his rise to teen heartthrob fame with shows like One Tree Hill and Gilmore Girls.
—H. Alan Scott
jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartthrob
Noun
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Narrated by a Spanish sailor—also a hero of Lepanto—whom Don Quixote and Sancho Panza encounter in an inn, the short interlude is mostly composed of the daring story of the captive’s escape through the intercession of a lovely and beautiful Moorish woman named Zoraida.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Susan Monarez and the scientists who followed suit are heroes.—
D. Scott Schmid,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The previous week, Emily was at a sleepover at Heather’s house with Gretchen, when Gretchen, loosened up by shots of Fireball whiskey, revealed that Tamra once recorded a song, badly, according to Gretchen, with an unnamed boy band star that Gretchen claims Tamra got frisky with.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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Rumors about the Only Murders in the Building star's nuptials with Benny Blanco being this weekend turned out to be 100-percent true, and as soon as a few beautiful photos of the cute couple were green-lighted to be shared with the eager public, fans were double-tapping with tears in their eyes.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is because a living personality always possesses will.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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The source of Nora’s flighty, noncommital personality is never explained.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Sep. 2025
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Owens argues the name change is currently cosmetic and is just costing a lot of money to change some signs.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025
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The spending watchdog agency echoed its 2019 criticism of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a lack of oversight of administrative costs associated with state initiatives approved in the name of Medicaid reform.—
Margaret Coker,
ProPublica,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Heartthrob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartthrob. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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