noun
Meaning 1
Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
seducer
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noun
Meaning 2
a man who takes advantage of women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ladies' man, lady killer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: libertine, debauchee, rounder
Narrower terms: undoer
noun
Meaning 3
a bad person who entices others into error or wrongdoing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bad person
Narrower terms: seductress
History
Etymology
From seduce + -er.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: прелъстител (prelǎstitel) — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Czech: svůdce — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- French: séducteur — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- French: séductrice — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- German: Verführer — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (airzjands) — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Hindi: मोहन (mohan) — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Irish: mealltóir — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Latin: sēductor — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Latin: sēductrix — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Latin: corruptor — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Latin: corruptrix — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Macedonian: заводник (zavodnik) — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Māori: kaiwhakawai wahine — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Norman: dêbaûcheux — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Plautdietsch: Vefiera — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Polish: uwodziciel — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Portuguese: sedutor — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Russian: соблазни́тель (soblaznítelʹ) — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Russian: искуситель (iskusitelʹ) — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Tagalog: malamuyot — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- Turkish: ayartıcı — someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman