Synonyms for licentious
- adjective
Most common
immoral profligate debauched libidinous libertine lascivious dissolute unchaste
All synonyms
Adjective
debauched, libidinous, profligate, immoral, unchaste, libertine, dissolute, lascivious, vulgar, promiscuous, lustful, impure, wanton, lewd, riotous, carnal, filthy, unprincipled, unrestrained, lawless, sensual, obscene, voluptuous, reprobate, rakish, unbridled, self-indulgent, abandoned, unruly, uncontrolled, lax, rampant, ungoverned, loose, dissipated, uncurbed, depraved, lecherous, salacious, decadent, naughty, indecent, prurient, erotic
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
Related words
- Word family
- licentiously licentiousness license
- Other spellings
- licentuous
Example sentences
- immoral Be immoral, cheat and steal. Such people live well.
- profligate He was a drunkard and a profligate.
- debauched We lived a debauched life, taken by the pleasures of life.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| licentious | steady | |
| immoral | steady | |
| profligate | steady | |
| debauched | rising | |
| libidinous | rising | |
| libertine | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- lax1
- 4 letters
- lewd1
- 5 letters
- loose1
- 6 letters
- filthy2, erotic3, vulgar2, unruly3, impure2, carnal2, wanton2, rakish2
- 7 letters
- naughty2, immoral3, obscene2, rampant2, sensual3, lawless2, lustful2, riotous3
- 8 letters
- indecent3, depraved2, decadent3, prurient3, unchaste, uncurbed
- 9 letters
- abandoned3, unbridled3, libertine3, salacious3, debauched, dissolute, lecherous3, reprobate3
- 10 letters
- dissipated4, voluptuous4, lascivious4, profligate3, libidinous, ungoverned
- 11 letters
- promiscuous3
- 12 letters
- uncontrolled3, unrestrained3, unprincipled4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (filthy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- licencieux
- Italiano
- licenzioso
- Català
- llicenciós