Synonyms for wanton

Synonyms for (noun) wanton

Synonyms: wanton

Definition: lewd or lascivious woman

Similar words: sensualist

Definition: a person who enjoys sensuality


Synonyms for (verb) wanton

Synonyms: wanton

Definition: behave extremely cruelly and brutally

Similar words: act, behave, do

Definition: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

Usage: You should act like an adult; Don't behave like a fool; What makes her do this way?; The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people


Synonyms: wanton

Definition: engage in amorous play

Similar words: chat up, butterfly, philander, flirt, coquet, coquette, dally, romance, mash

Definition: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

Usage: The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries; My husband never flirts with other women


Synonyms: wanton, luxuriate

Definition: become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

Similar words: consume, squander, waste, ware

Definition: spend extravagantly

Usage: waste not, want not


Synonyms: wanton, wanton away, trifle away

Definition: spend wastefully

Usage: wanton one's money away

Similar words: spend, expend, drop

Definition: pay out

Usage: spend money


Synonyms: wanton

Definition: indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life

Similar words: live

Definition: lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

Usage: we had to live frugally after the war


Synonyms: wanton, wanton away, piddle, piddle away, trifle

Definition: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

Similar words: spend, expend, drop

Definition: pay out

Usage: spend money


Synonyms for (adj) wanton

Synonyms: easy, promiscuous, light, loose, wanton, sluttish

Definition: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

Usage: her easy virtue; he was told to avoid loose (or light) women; wanton behavior

Similar words: unchaste

Definition: not chaste

Usage: unchaste conduct


Synonyms: unprovoked, wanton, motiveless

Definition: occurring without motivation or provocation

Usage: motiveless malignity; unprovoked and dastardly attack- F.D.Roosevelt

Similar words: unmotivated

Definition: without motivation


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