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TEMPTRESS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TEMPTRESS?

Need another word that means the same as “temptress”? Find 9 synonyms for “temptress” in this overview.

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The synonyms of “Temptress” are: delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, siren, seductress, mata hari, sorceress, circe, lorelei

Temptress as a Noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “temptress” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.
A woman who tempts someone to do something, typically a sexually attractive woman who sets out to allure or seduce someone.

circe	A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
delilah	The Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
enchantress	A woman who is captivatingly attractive.
femme fatale	A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.
lorelei	A Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
mata hari	Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917.
seductress	A woman who seduces.
siren	Eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills. Ambulance sirens.
sorceress	A female sorcerer; a witch.