Synonyms for wanton
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Unrestrained
extravagant, capricious, reckless, unreserved, unfettered, free, wayward, fluctuating, changeable, whimsical, fitful, variable, fanciful, inconstant, fickle, frivolous, volatile.
Lewd
libidinous, lustful, licentious; see lewd 1, 2.
Deliberately malicious
unprovoked, unfair, merciless, senseless, malicious, unjustifiable, unjust, malevolent.
See wanton in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Lacking in moral restraint:
abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wild. See restraintMarked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained:
easy, fast, libertine, light2, loose, whorish. See sexNot required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case:
gratuitous, supererogative, supererogatory, uncalled-for. See necessary
noun
An immoral or licentious person:
libertine, profligate, rake1. See sexA vulgar promiscuous woman who flouts propriety:
baggage, hussy, jade, slattern, slut, tart2, tramp, wench, whore. (Slang) floozy. See sex
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