sex symbol

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sex symbol
Noun
  • The front-runner dropped the family-friendly persona and went full-on sexpot with his shirtless salsa.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This is one of those romantic musical-chairs situations in which couples pair off and try to keep one another interested while other sexpots cycle through the house and try to split up the power pairs.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Even at 19, she was seen as a femme fatale.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Silent Sinner, made by Campanacci’s CampanacCinema Studios, is mostly silent — Skrzynecka’s femme fatale is both deaf and mute — relying on music and montage to hold the audience’s attention.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even an effortless charmer like Glen Powell can have awkward encounters with other celebrities.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Bellwether is a fitting name for this charmer; the old-but-new sensibilities here set the standard for low-country luxury with eyes trained on both the present and the past.
    Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But sure enough, the artist born Frederick John Philip Gibson enlisted Amy Taylor and company for his drum n’ bass-inflected latest single, harnessing the group’s energy and then exploding it with Gesaffelstein-like sirens and typically all-over-the-place vocal triggers.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • At one point during Knox’s meeting with Mignini, Knox’s mother hears sirens from far away and begins to panic — thinking police are on their way to arrest Knox again.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Sex symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex%20symbol. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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