Synonyms of X-rated

X-rated

adjective

ˈeks-ˈrā-təd 

1

as in pornographic

dealing in or with explicitly sexual material

for his comedy-club performances the stand-up comic's routines are definitely X-rated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pornographic
• adult
• erotic
• sexy
• suggestive
• mature
• porny
• obscene
• salacious
• smutty
• indecent
• lewd
• crude
• lascivious
• bawdy
• hard-core
• filthy
• soft-core
• vulgar
• lustful
• ribald
• prurient
• gross
• kinky
• bedroom
• unprintable
• racy
• naughty
• dirty
• immodest
• perverted
• coarse
• indecorous
• profane
• foul
• earthy
• salty
• wicked
• nasty
• unbecoming
• wanton
• debasing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• G-rated
• Victorian
• prudish
• puritanical
• prim
• priggish
• straitlaced
• proper
• correct
• polite
• decorous
• genteel
• decent
• seemly

2

as in obscene

depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society

the jerk should have known better than to tell an X-rated joke at a company function

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pornographic
• obscene
• vulgar
• foul
• nasty
• dirty
• suggestive
• filthy
• raunchy
• naughty
• smutty
• gross
• lewd
• indecent
• crude
• offensive
• blue
• lascivious
• bawdy
• ribald
• unacceptable
• profane
• unprintable
• trashy
• unpleasant
• disgusting
• obnoxious
• locker-room
• coarse
• impure
• unwanted
• abusive
• undesirable
• porny
• stag
• infamous
• salacious
• wanton
• gutter
• racy
• risqué
• perverted
• wicked
• broad
• scatological
• kinky
• depraved
• objectionable
• indecorous
• indelicate
• immodest
• coarse-grained
• soft
• barnyard
• unwelcome
• salty
• off
• repulsive
• gamy
• off-color
• revolting
• perverse
• earthy
• loathsome
• unbecoming
• repugnant
• low
• distasteful
• abhorrent
• repellent
• scurrilous
• reprehensible
• exceptionable
• hard-core
• louche
• soft-core
• atrocious
• censurable
• blameworthy
• blamable
• debasing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wholesome
• clean
• Victorian
• decent
• prudish
• proper
• puritanical
• correct
• G-rated
• staid
• innocuous
• polite
• prim
• decorous
• respectable
• acceptable
• genteel
• appropriate
• nice
• desirable
• inoffensive
• pleasant
• suitable
• welcome
• nonobscene
• priggish
• straitlaced
• agreeable
• meet
• becoming
• pleasing
• pure
• seemly
• perfect
• fit
• virginal
• endorsed
• approved
• spotless
• immaculate
• sanctioned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of X-rated

The content of its productions has included legitimate theater, vaudeville, burlesque, striptease, movies (many X-rated), classical music and jazz as well as occasional forays into boxing, bodybuilding and politics. — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025

For the first seven years of the rating system (1969-1975), nearly half of the top films (33 of 70) were R- or X-rated. — Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 26 July 2024

What audiences see are silhouettes engaged in a shadow play of entwined hands and arched backs, sensual but not X-rated. — Rebecca Ritzel, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024

Granted, none of these are X-rated, but one of my concerns is that the intensity of this online relationship has grown quite exponentially in a very short time and could very well lead to actual X-rated. — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024

Keep the red boost light on with your right foot and the Riviera will eventually peak out at 105 mph, although the speedometer is X-rated above 85. — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2023