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Synonyms for ribald

  • adjective

Most common

off-color lewd bawdy smutty

All synonyms

Adjective

bawdy, vulgar, off-color, obscene, smutty, lewd, erotic, scurrilous, naughty, fulsome, nasty, impure, dirty, coarse, filthy, vile, gross, abusive, base, ithyphallic, raunchy, salacious

Antonyms

modest

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.

Example sentences

  • lewd Tom was accused of performing a lewd act in public.
  • bawdy "Kruko kaj Baniko en Bervalo" is a classic book of bawdy humor in Esperanto.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ribaldsteady
lewdsteady
bawdyrising
smuttyrising

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

By length

4 letters
base1, vile1, lewd1
5 letters
dirty2, gross1, nasty2, bawdy2
6 letters
filthy2, erotic3, vulgar2, coarse1, impure2, smutty2
7 letters
abusive3, naughty2, obscene2, raunchy2, fulsome2
9 letters
salacious3
10 letters
scurrilous3
11 letters
ithyphallic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).