LICENTIOUS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for LICENTIOUS?

Need another word that means the same as “licentious”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “licentious” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Licentious” are: dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, salacious, immoral, wanton, decadent, depraved, profligate, impure, sinful, wicked, corrupt, indecent, libertine

Licentious as an Adjective

Definitions of "Licentious" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “licentious” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Disregarding accepted conventions, especially in grammar or literary style.
• Lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained.
• Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

Synonyms of "Licentious" as an adjective (16 Words)

corrupt	(of organic or inorganic matter) in a state of decay; rotten or putrid. A corrupt text.
debauched	Unrestrained by convention or morality. A debauched lifestyle.
decadent	Luxuriously self-indulgent. A decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility.
degenerate	(of an energy level) corresponding to more than one quantum state. A degenerate form of a higher civilization.
depraved	Morally corrupt; wicked. This city is depraved.
dissipated	Unrestrained by convention or morality. Led a dissipated life.
dissolute	Unrestrained by convention or morality. Unfortunately his heir was feckless and dissolute.
immoral	Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong. Unseemly and immoral behaviour.
impure	Having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws. Impure thoughts.
indecent	Not appropriate or fitting. Was buried with indecent haste.
libertine	Freethinking. His more libertine impulses.
profligate	Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources. Profligate consumers of energy.
salacious	Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. Salacious stories.
sinful	Wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins. A sinful waste.
wanton	Occurring without motivation or provocation. A wanton fawn.
wicked	Extremely unpleasant. A wicked prank.

Usage Examples of "Licentious" as an adjective

• The ruler's tyrannical and licentious behaviour.
• Coarse and licentious men.
• Unlike many of the artists who frequented the Soho scene of the 1960s, he did not lead a licentious life.

Associations of "Licentious" (30 Words)

bacchanal	A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus. The debauched and alcoholic president was said to be organizing unceasing bacchanals.
corrupt	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. A corrupt and rotting corpse.
corruptive	Tending to corrupt or pervert.
debauch	Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt. Debauch the young people with wine and women.
debauchery	Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.
degenerate	(of a type of equation, curve, etc.) equivalent to a simpler type, especially when a variable or parameter is set to zero. The quality of life had degenerated.
degraded	Unrestrained by convention or morality. Deplorably dissipated and degraded.
deprave	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. This book would deprave and corrupt young children.
depraved	Morally corrupt; wicked. He was a depraved lecher.
depravity	Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles. Its brothels its opium parlors its depravity.
dishonest	Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. He gave the editor a dishonest account of events.
disreputable	Lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance. He was heavy grubby and vaguely disreputable.
dissolute	Unrestrained by convention or morality. Unfortunately his heir was feckless and dissolute.
filth	The state of being covered with unclean things. Stagnant pools of filth.
immoral	Not conforming to accepted standards of morality. Unseemly and immoral behaviour.
improper	Not suitable or right or appropriate. The improper use of public funds.
indecorous	Lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct. A pub crawl with sundry indecorous adventures.
indelicate	Verging on the indecent. An earthy often indelicate sense of humour.
irreverent	Showing lack of due respect or veneration. A certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner.
lascivious	Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires. He gave her a lascivious wink.
lechery	Excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness. The vice of lechery.
lewd	Crude and offensive in a sexual way. She began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song.
libertine	A dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained. His more libertine impulses.
libidinous	Showing excessive sexual drive; lustful. Libidinous teenagers.
obscenity	Obscene behaviour, language, or images. A stream of invective and obscenity.
profane	Violate the sacred character of a place or language. It was a serious matter to profane a tomb.
reprobate	Unprincipled. God reprobated the unrepenting sinner.
vicious	Immoral. Vicious gossip.