Synonyms for vulgarism
Most common
vulgarity grossness coarseness raunch dirty word filth slang barbarism
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Vulgarity
2. Dirty word
Definitions
- n. 1
Vulgarity.
- n. 2
A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar.
Forms
- Plural
- vulgarisms → vulgarities, grossnesses, coarsenesses, commonnesses…
Choose the right word
A vulgarism is an expression decidedly incorrect, and the use of which is a mark of ignorance or low breeding.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- vulgarity I don't mind your smoking, but I mind your vulgarity.
- filth Everything was coated in a layer of filth.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vulgarism | falling | |
| vulgarity | steady | |
| grossness | steady | |
| coarseness | falling | |
| raunch | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- smut1
- 5 letters
- slang1, filth1
- 6 letters
- raunch
- 8 letters
- impurity4
- 9 letters
- obscenity4, barbarism4, vulgarity4, grossness
- 10 letters
- coarseness, commonness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impurity4 = 4 syllables).