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Synonyms for salacious

Most common

sexy lewd raunchy prurient

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.

    He was arrested for distributing salacious material.

Related words

Word family
salaciously salaciousness salacity

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.
  • prurient Much to my dismay, Mary came to the party wearing a prurient dress.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
salaciousrising
sexyrising
lewdsteady
raunchyrising
prurientsteady

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

By length

3 letters
hot1
4 letters
sexy2, lewd1
5 letters
adult2, dirty2, horny2
6 letters
erotic3, vulgar2, ardent2, carnal2, impure2
7 letters
obscene2, raunchy2, lustful2
8 letters
prurient3, unchaste
9 letters
lecherous3
10 letters
lascivious4, libidinous, lubricious3
11 letters
incontinent4
12 letters
concupiscent

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

In other languages

Français
salace
Italiano
salace
Español
salaz
Deutsch
geil