| Main Entry: |
licentious |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
immoral, uncontrolled |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, amoral,
animal, carnal, corrupt, debauched,
depraved,
desirous, disorderly, dissolute, fast, fast and loose, fleshly, impure, in the fast lane, incontinent, lascivious,
lax, lecherous,
lewd, libertine, libidinous, lickerish, loose*, lubricious,
lustful, oversexed,
profligate,
promiscuous,
relaxed,
reprobate, salacious, satyric, scabrous, sensual, swinging, unconstrained,
uncontrollable, uncurbed, unmoral, unprincipled,
unruly, wanton
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Antonyms: |
chaste, controlled, good, innocent, moral
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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