Synonyms for debauchery
Most common
riot orgy saturnalia debauch licentiousness intemperance debauching
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Debauch
2. Intemperance
intemperance, licentiousness, excess, dissipation, libertinism, dissoluteness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
An excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous and immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
He sank into a life of debauchery.
Related words
- Word family
- debauch debauched debauchee debaucher debaucherous
Forms
- Plural
- debaucheries → debauches, orgies, riots, saturnalias…
Example sentences
- riot The authorities sent in troops to quell the riot.
- orgy During the orgy Megumi ran naked round the lawn.
- debauch The pirates wished to debauch him because of his beauty.
- intemperance His illness stems from his intemperance.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| debauchery | rising | |
| riot | steady | |
| orgy | rising | |
| saturnalia | steady | |
| debauch | steady | |
| licentiousness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- riot2, orgy2
- 6 letters
- excess2
- 7 letters
- debauch
- 9 letters
- bacchanal3
- 10 letters
- saturnalia, debauching
- 11 letters
- dissipation4, bacchanalia4, libertinism
- 12 letters
- intemperance
- 13 letters
- dissoluteness
- 14 letters
- licentiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (riot2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- débauche
- Español
- desenfreno
- Deutsch
- Verschwendung