Synonyms of seduces

seduces

verb

present tense third-person singular of seduce

as in tempts

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage

I wasn't going to buy the car, but was seduced by the low-interest payment plan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tempts
• lures
• persuades
• entices
• betrays
• beguiles
• solicits
• leads on
• allures
• fascinates
• baits
• decoys
• traps
• enchants
• ensnares
• entraps
• captivates
• draws in
• inveigles
• catches
• snows
• meshes
• magnetizes
• enmeshes
• bewitches
• charms
• snares
• tangles
• ropes (in)
• wiles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warns
• cautions
• alerts
• forewarns
• drives (away or off)
• turns away
• wards (off)
• repulses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seduces

Blyth was nominated in the supporting role as Mildred's spoiled daughter, Veda, who seduces her mother's second husband (Zachary Scott), then riddles him with bullets in a jealous rage. — ABC News, 26 June 2026

Intrigued, the Duke secretly seduces Gilda, breaks her heart and destroys Rigoletto’s life. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026

The victim of his sacrifice is Gretchen, a virgin whom Faust seduces and abandons in his devilish reverie, and who kills their illegitimate child. — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

The film follows the deliciously immoral, widowed Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), who maneuvers, deceives and seduces her way through London and across her relatives' country estates in an effort to find a wealthy husband for herself and her daughter, Frederica (Morfydd Clark). — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025

Everything about the scene seduces the viewer into what dining while traveling in the most luxurious fashion could be, and once was. — Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

In his youth, the blue-eyed Stamp was widely considered one of the most handsome men onscreen, and Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini used that to peculiar effect in Teorema (1968), casting the actor as a nameless and wordless visitor who seduces an entire household. — Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025

Ed Simon on why fascism seduces writers. — Literary Hub, 23 June 2025