Synonyms for obscenity
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pornography
pornography, smut, filth, dirty word, nastiness, curse, impurity, balderdash, ribaldry, vulgarism
2. Lewdness — lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour or material
Definitions
- n. 1
Lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour or material.
The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.
- n. 2
Something that is obscene.
Martha wouldn't go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"
Forms
- Plural
- obscenities → pornographies, smuts, filths, nastinesses…
Example sentences
- pornography They think pornography will make them feel younger.
- filth Everything was coated in a layer of filth.
- smut No one ever said smut was unprofitable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| obscenity | falling | |
| pornography | rising | |
| filth | rising | |
| smut | falling | |
| nastiness | rising | |
| lewdness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- smut1
- 5 letters
- curse1, filth1
- 8 letters
- swearing2, impurity4, lewdness, ribaldry3, salacity
- 9 letters
- nastiness3, vulgarism, bawdiness, obscenery
- 10 letters
- balderdash3
- 11 letters
- pornography4
- 13 letters
- salaciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (swearing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- obscénité
- Italiano
- oscenità
- Español
- obscenidad
- Deutsch
- Obszönität