Seduce

//sɪˈd(j)uːs//

Synonyms for "seduce" (237 found)

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Closest matches (48)

Strong matches (71)

Related words (118)

hold in thrall induce infatuate inflame with love inveigle kidnap lead lead astray lead on lure mess mislead offer bait to overpower overwhelm pervert rape ravage ravish rope

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rope in ruin snare soil suck in sully sweet-talk tantalize tease tempt toll train trap undo vamp violate woo

Verb(81 words)

hump hypnotize immoralize informal and slang terms interest intrigue jape juice jump jump someone's bones knob knock knock off know know someone in the biblical sense lay lead astray lie by lie with love

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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

4 entries

entice lure persuade tempt

Related terms

5 entries

seducement seducer seduction seductive seductress

derived

5 entries

seduceable seducee seducible unseduce unseduced

entails

1 entries

roll in hay

etymologically related_to

4 entries

adduce conduce deduce duct

has context

1 entries

euphemistic

manner of

2 entries

entice persuade

related to

21 entries

accept attract away beguile conduct duty engage entice induce lure principles proper relationship seducement seducer seduction

Showing 16 of 21 words.

similar

2 entries

make score

Translations

96 translations across 39 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

liefkoos verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
verlei verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀναπείθω verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
ἀποπλανῶ verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Arabic

2 entries

أَغْرَى verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
أَغْوَى verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Basque

2 entries

liluratu verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
limurtu verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Bulgarian

2 entries

прелъстявам verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
съблазнявам verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Catalan

1 entries

seduir verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

勾引 verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
誘惑 /诱惑 verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
诱骗 verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Czech

4 entries

svádět verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
svádět verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
svést verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
svést verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Danish

3 entries

forføre verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
forføre verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
forføre verb (to win over or attract someone)

Dutch

2 entries

verleiden verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
versieren verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Esperanto

1 entries

amindumi verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Finnish

4 entries

houkutella verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
viedä verb (to win over or attract someone)
viekoitella verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
viekoitella verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

French

3 entries

séduire verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
séduire verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
séduire verb (to win over or attract someone)

Georgian

4 entries

შეცდენა verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
შეცდენა verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
ცდუნება verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
ცდუნება verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

German

3 entries

verführen verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
verführen verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
verleiten verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
𐌿𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to win over or attract someone)

Greek

2 entries

αποπλανώ verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
γοητεύω verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Icelandic

3 entries

lokka verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
tæla verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
tæla verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Ingrian

1 entries

veättää verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Italian

1 entries

sedurre verb (to win over or attract someone)

Japanese

1 entries

誘惑する verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Kazakh

4 entries

адастыру verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
азғыру verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
алжастыру verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
еліктіру verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Latin

1 entries

sēdūcō verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Macedonian

1 entries

за́веде verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Malay

1 entries

goda verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Malayalam

2 entries

വളയ്ക്കുക verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
വശീകരിക്കുക verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Māori

4 entries

hīanga verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
hīanga verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
whakakonuka verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
whakawai verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

forføre verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
forlede verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
forlokke verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Old English

1 entries

fortēon verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Old Norse

1 entries

gilja verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Polish

4 entries

uwieść verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
uwieść verb (to win over or attract someone)
uwodzić verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
uwodzić verb (to win over or attract someone)

Portuguese

3 entries

seduzir verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
seduzir verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
seduzir verb (to win over or attract someone)

Romanian

1 entries

seduce verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Russian

4 entries

обольсти́ть verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
обольща́ть verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
прельсти́ть verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
прельща́ть verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

zavesti verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Spanish

4 entries

llevar al huerto verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
llevarse al huerto verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
seducir verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
seducir verb (to win over or attract someone)

Swedish

3 entries

förföra verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
förleda verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
förleda verb (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)

Telugu

1 entries

ప్రలోభపెట్టు verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Ukrainian

1 entries

спокушати verb (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I tried in vain to seduce her.

Source: tatoeba (317630)

His vain efforts to seduce her showed he was barking up the wrong tree; she was a mother of two tots.

Source: tatoeba (317632)

Tom tried to seduce his secretary.

Source: tatoeba (1390255)

I think that Mary is trying to seduce Tom.

Source: tatoeba (1542587)

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