Thesaurus results for SEDUCER

seducer

noun

Definition of seducer

as in tempter

one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire fabled as a land of endless opportunity, California continues to be a seducer of dreamers and doers

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Recent Examples of seducer 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

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Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (Enyi Okoronkwo) is promoted to chief fellow party animal and tempter, showing up at Mozart’s door draped in women.

— Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
None of this would work without Jennings’s unsettling performance as a persuasive tempter who nonetheless seems creepy as hell.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025

Definition of tempter

Noun

The monsters of the original — the Cyclops and the sirens — are replaced by drones that buzz across the stage and models of robotic war machines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The myth of the sirens’ call has been with us for thousands of years, most recently brought to life in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Odyssey.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of siren

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David Moore, senior assistant county solicitor, said the county is required to comply with a state statute that calls for a six-month notice and public comment period for buildings that will be used for immigration detention.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Brooks said her family has encountered plenty of door-to-door solicitors over the years, but never one knocking that late at night.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of solicitor

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Charlize Theron, who takes on the role of the temptress nymph Calypso, has leaned toward the seductive, wearing Tom Ford short-shorts on one carpet and a black Givenchy dress with a thigh-high slit on another.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
In Homer’s epic, Circe is a beautiful temptress who toys with the soldiers for pleasure.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2026

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