Synonyms for wanton
- adjective
- noun
- verb
Most common
lascivious dissolute licentious unchaste callous gratuitous rampant promiscuous
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Unchaste — lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste
unchaste, lascivious, dissolute, licentious, lustful, libidinous, carnal, lewd, immoral, sensual, prurient, incontinent, lecherous, frisky, bad, impure
2. Gratuitous — capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of…
3. Unbridled — extravagant, unrestrained, excessive
unbridled, unrestrained, uncontrolled, unchecked, immoderate, excessive, riotous, intemperate, lawless, obscene, devilish, luxuriant, unreasonable, prodigal, lavish, ungoverned, unmeasured
4. Wild — playful, sportive; merry or carefree
wild, reckless, loose, devil-may-care, impetuous, undisciplined, merry, gay, jolly, abandoned, careless dated
Other
promiscuous, rampant, uninhibited, irrepressible, sluttish, unprovoked, unruly, wandering, anarchic, fast, roving, easy
Noun
1. Libertine — A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute
loose woman, lady-killer informal, prostitute, tramp, philanderer formal, tart UK, libertine dated, slut vulgar, wench dated, whore vulgar, gallant dated, frail sister dated, drab dated, doxy dated, broad dated, rake dated
Other
Verb
1. Revel — to rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Playful, sportive; merry or carefree.
- adj. 2
Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
- n. 1
A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.
- v. 1
To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Related words
- Word family
- wantonize wantonly wantonness
- Is a kind of
- disorderly unrestricted
Example sentences
- licentious He was converted from his licentious living.
- callous There is no need to be callous about deforestation.
- gratuitous The aggression was provoked by all those gratuitous insults.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wanton | steady | |
| lascivious | rising | |
| dissolute | steady | |
| licentious | steady | |
| unchaste | steady | |
| callous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, gay1, toy1
- 4 letters
- easy2, fast1, wild1, slut1, tart1, rake1, lewd1, drab1, romp1, doxy2
- 5 letters
- sport1, loose1, broad1, whore1, merry2, jolly2, tramp1, revel2, wench1
- 6 letters
- lavish2, unruly3, carnal2, impure2, roving2, trifle2, frisky2, piddle2
- 7 letters
- immoral3, obscene2, rampant2, sensual3, inhuman3, lawless2, gallant2, callous2, lustful2, riotous3
- 8 letters
- reckless2, careless2, prodigal3, devilish2, anarchic3, prurient3, unchaste, sluttish
- 9 letters
- abandoned3, excessive3, wandering3, unchecked2, merciless3, unbridled3, impetuous3, libertine3, luxuriant4, dissolute, lecherous3, luxuriate
- 10 letters
- prostitute3, gratuitous4, unprovoked3, lascivious4, licentious3, libidinous, unmeasured, immoderate, ungoverned
- 11 letters
- unjustified4, promiscuous3, uninhibited5, incontinent4, intemperate4, philanderer4
- 12 letters
- unreasonable4, uncontrolled3, unrestrained3
- 13 letters
- undisciplined4, irrepressible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy2 = 2 syllables).