Thesaurus results for SEDUCER

seducer

noun

Definition of seducer

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

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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

Definition of tempter

Noun

Its interior ministry previously reported that air alert sirens had been activated multiple times into Saturday morning local time.

— Monica Haider, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Like the book, the movie follows Greek king Odysseus (Matt Damon), who spends 10 years at war and another decade lost at sea, encountering cyclops, sirens and giants along the way.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026

Definition of siren

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Trained as a solicitor 26 years ago, Amrit has built a parallel practice supporting victims of narcissistic abuse, coercive control and violence against women and young girls.

— Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Cohen asked the deputy city solicitor about use of force cases.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of solicitor

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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
In Homer’s epic, Circe is a beautiful temptress who toys with the soldiers for pleasure.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2026

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