licentious
Lacking sexual restraint
Licentious describes someone who disregards moral or sexual restraints, behaving in ways considered promiscuous or dissolute: a licentious lifestyle, licentious conduct at the party.
The word carries strong disapproval, suggesting not just freedom but excess—someone who pursues pleasure without regard for propriety or consequences.
Deliberately cruel without reason
- looseNot firmly secured
- unchasteSexually immoral
- libertineOne lacking moral restraint
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
profligate · debauched · rakish · slutty · easy · unfaithful · adulterous · philandering
Free from self-censorship
- unbridledWithout any restraint
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
- wantonDeliberately cruel without reason
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
rampant · uncontrolled · abandoned · shameless · brazen · immodest · impure · undisciplined
Obscenely sexual
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
- lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire
- lustfulFeeling strong sexual desire
- libidinousHaving strong carnal desires
prurient · salacious · carnal · erotic · bawdy · ribald · obscene · indecent
Tined yard implement
- rouéDebauched sensualist
- lecherLustful, predatory person
- lotharioHabitual seducer of women
- seducerOne who lures romantically
womanizer · philanderer · playboy · satyr · voluptuary · debaucher · sensualist · reprobate
Unrestrained collective indulgence
- bacchanalWild drunken celebration
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- carousalBoisterous drinking spree
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
decadence · hedonism · sybaritism · bacchanalian · saturnalian · indulgence · excess · depravity
wanton
Deliberately cruel without reason
dissolute · profligate · debauched · rakish · slutty · easy · unfaithful · adulterous · philandering · swinging
uninhibited
Free from self-censorship
- unbridledWithout any restraint
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
- wantonDeliberately cruel without reason
wild · rampant · uncontrolled · abandoned · shameless · brazen · immodest · impure · undisciplined · intemperate
lewd
Obscenely sexual
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
- lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire
- lustfulFeeling strong sexual desire
libidinous · prurient · salacious · carnal · erotic · bawdy · ribald · obscene · indecent · pornographic
rake
Tined yard implement
seducer · womanizer · philanderer · playboy · satyr · voluptuary · debaucher · sensualist · reprobate · profligate
orgy
Unrestrained collective indulgence
dissipation · decadence · hedonism · sybaritism · bacchanalian · saturnalian · indulgence · excess · depravity · corruption
- DionysusDionysus, maenad, bacchantes, bacchante, grape vines
- risquerisque, racy, bawdy, ribald, suggestive
licentioustemperate
Mild, avoiding extremes
moderate · restrained · controlled · disciplined · strict
licentiouspuritanical
Excessively strict about morals
prudish · straitlaced · prim · modest · Victorian