Synonyms of seducing

seducing

verb

present participle of seduce

as in luring

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

• luring
• tempting
• persuading
• enticing
• betraying
• alluring
• decoying
• soliciting
• baiting
• beguiling
• leading on
• fascinating
• trapping
• enchanting
• inveigling
• ensnaring
• entrapping
• snaring
• charming
• drawing in
• captivating
• magnetizing
• bewitching
• snowing
• enmeshing
• tangling
• meshing
• catching
• roping (in)
• wiling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warning
• alerting
• cautioning
• warding (off)
• driving (away or off)
• turning away
• forewarning
• repulsing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seducing

The young women acted as underground assassins, seducing Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

The writer thinks that the person seducing the main character is just some flotsam, hardly worth a second look. — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026

That means seducing Paris Carver, Elliot's wife and Bond's ex, portrayed by Teri Hatcher. — John Russell, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026

Nate plays his older neighbors like a fiddle, seducing them with his beauty, money, and youth. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026

On the left, he’s heralded as the only voice capable of seducing young men disaffected by party politics. — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026

One of her alternate personalities — the cold and calculating Samantha — joins law enforcement to pursue her father’s killers, while other identities begin to surface with their own motives, seducing and manipulating powerful men as Sylvia’s search for justice veers into vengeance. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026

The show is also virtually devoid of romantic escapades, a good thing since Dumas’ novel is filled with a lot of sentimental claptrap about fighting for defenseless women’s honor or seducing virtuous maidens or going to war due to the physical beauty of a monarch. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026

Waugh walks around with a newfound swagger, playing hooky, drinking heavily, even seducing a woman at his local. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026