seducer

noun

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
  1. tempter
  2. siren
  3. solicitor
  4. corrupter
  5. temptress
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
Definition of tempter
Noun
  • In recent attacks on Kyiv, air-raid sirens have sounded at the same time as impacts.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Every room has its little balcony and looks out over the blue sea to the islands of the sirens from which those ladies sang so sweetly.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of siren
Noun
  • David Moore, senior assistant county solicitor, said the county is required to comply with a state statute that calls for a six-month notice and public comment period for buildings that will be used for immigration detention.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Brooks said her family has encountered plenty of door-to-door solicitors over the years, but never one knocking that late at night.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of solicitor
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
Definition of corrupter
Noun
  • 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
Definition of temptress

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“Seducer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducer. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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