Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun delilah

2 senses of delilah

Sense 1
Delilah -- ((Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength)
       INSTANCE OF=> mistress, kept woman, fancy woman -- (an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man)

Sense 2
enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale -- (a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive)
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")

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