Synonyms for naughty
- adjective
Most common
sexy racy raunchy smutty cheeky mischievous disobedient epicurean
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Sexy — sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky
sexy, racy, raunchy, smutty, dirty, lewd, erotic, risqué, risque US, bawdy, blue, vulgar, spicy, juicy, obscene, ribald, indecent, sauce-y, gamey, salacious, filthy, licentious, profane
2. Mischievous — mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child)
mischievous, cheeky, sassy US, impish, impudent, fresh, forward, insolent, impertinent, froward dated, pert rare
3. Wicked — evil, wicked, morally reprehensible
wicked, sinful, evil, vile, devilish, perverse, wrong, incorrigible, dark, vicious, immoral, nefarious, mean, ill, sordid, reprehensible, heinous, villainous, reprobate, baneful, iniquitous, base
4. Sad — bad, worthless, substandard
bad, good-for-nothing, low, second-rate, lousy, worthless, valueless, cheesy, sad dated, two-bit slang US
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.
- adj. 2
Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.
I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.
- adj. 3
Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.
- adj. 4
Bad, worthless, substandard.
Related words
- Word family
- naughtily naughtiness
- Phrases
- naughty man's cherry naughty man's oatmeal naughty word
Example sentences
- sexy Would you rather be fat and ugly or thin and sexy?
- racy He often makes racy remarks just for attention.
- cheeky "Ha! I was quicker than you!" "Cheeky monkey!"
- mischievous The mischievous little boy loved his dad very much.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, low1, sad1, ill1
- 4 letters
- mean1, blue1, dark1, base1, evil2, sexy2, vile1, lewd1, racy2, pert1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, fresh1, dirty2, spicy2, juicy2, lousy2, sassy2, bawdy2, gamey
- 6 letters
- wicked2, filthy2, erotic3, cheesy2, vulgar2, cheeky2, sinful2, sordid2, risque2, smutty2, ribald2, impish2
- 7 letters
- forward2, vicious2, obscene2, immoral3, heinous2, profane2, raunchy2, froward, baneful
- 8 letters
- indecent3, perverse2, devilish2, insolent3, impudent
- 9 letters
- worthless2, nefarious4, salacious3, epicurean5, reprobate3, valueless3
- 10 letters
- refractory4, villainous3, licentious3, iniquitous, frolicsome, voluptuary
- 11 letters
- mischievous3, disobedient5, impertinent4
- 12 letters
- incorrigible5
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).