sex symbol

Definition of sex symbolnext

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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
Noun
  • Speaking of Li Jun Li, both of you play off each other so well as femme fatale and hardboiled detective.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • All as much fans of soft-core nineties femme fatale films as experimental cinema.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Language is a particularly powerful seducer of our biases, which is why debates rage around whether large language models like ChatGPT or Claude are conscious, while nobody worries whether non-linguistic AI like DeepMind’s Nobel Prize-winning protein-folding AlphaFold experiences anything.
    Anil Seth, Big Think, 2 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Why so many charmers, devious or otherwise?
    Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Ahead, browse some of the best coquette baby names for your little charmer.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • Investigators said the fire engine had its emergency lights and sirens activated.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • Footage shared by the Irish Independent shows the emergency services evacuating people from burning homes on a residential street as sirens blare in the background.
    Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 10 June 2026
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“Sex symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex%20symbol. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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