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sex symbol

noun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sex symbol
  1. sexpot
  2. femme fatale
  3. seducer
  4. charmer
  5. siren
Noun
  • The season gradually showcases Warner, who finds the bruised psyche beneath her character’s sexpot surface and delivers cutting dialogue with a precision that calls to mind Murphy blondes including Emma Roberts, Leslie Bibb and Billie Lourd.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Whether career girl or sexpot, gender bender or grande dame, Saint Laurent’s women were always new, and for the designer, newness was the most natural and inevitable thing in the world.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of sexpot
Noun
  • Lawrence Kasdan’s directorial debut is an erotic neo-noir thriller starring Kathleen Turner as the beguiling femme fatale Matty alongside William Hurt as an unscrupulous lawyer, Ned.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Tony Dalton brings impressive menace to a superficially affable sheriff, and Laura Donnelly strikes the perfect balance between femme fatale and innocent love interest.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of femme fatale
Noun
  • 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
Definition of seducer
Noun
  • And Howell is Huckleberry, likable underdog and farm boy charmer.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • James Patrick Donleavy, 20, and Gainor Steven Crist, a feckless charmer from Dayton, Ohio, were out of the Navy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of charmer
Noun
  • Reyes got back into his car, turned on police sirens from his personal vehicle and drove off.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • As sirens went off over Riyadh and the Eastern Province, people in the Hejaz assumed no one would dare approach what all Muslims deem sacred.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of siren
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“Sex symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex%20symbol. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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