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
  • 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
Definition of tempter
Noun
  • In Bahrain, sirens sounded and officials warned residents to proceed to the nearest safe location.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
  • Many are fleeing the flames Jeffrey Kember and his wife, Christine, were watching a favorite TV show in their Los Pinos farmhouse when the blare of a siren alerted them to the fire.
    — Sergio Rodrigo, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of siren
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
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
  • 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
Definition of temptress

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“Seducer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducer. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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