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Synonyms for raunchy

26 synonyms
1 antonym
2 meanings

adjective

Most common

sexy lewd salacious risqué grimy grungy explicit

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Sexy — smutty; indecent

sexy, obscene, salacious, risqué, risque US, vulgar, lewd, naughty, impure, unclean, ithyphallic, racy, smutty, bawdy, ribald, erotic, filthy, profane, indecent, vile

2. Dirty

dirty, grungy, grimy, dingy, grubby, begrimed

Other

Antonyms

All antonyms of raunchy →

Definitions

adj. 1
Smutty; indecent.
adj. 2
Lecherous.

Related words

Word family: raunch

Example sentences

sexy Would you rather be fat and ugly or thin and sexy?
lewd Tom was accused of performing a lewd act in public.
salacious He goaded him on to ever more salacious revelations.
grimy The forecourt looked grimy, like it hadn't been cleaned in days.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
raunchy		rising
sexy		rising
lewd		steady
salacious		rising
grimy		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: sexy², vile¹, lewd¹, racy²
5 letters: dirty², grimy², dingy², bawdy²
6 letters: filthy², erotic³, vulgar², impure², grubby², risque², grungy², smutty², ribald²
7 letters: naughty², obscene², unclean², profane²
8 letters: explicit³, indecent³, begrimed
9 letters: salacious³
11 letters: ithyphallic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sexy² = 2 syllables).