AUTOEROTIC Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

autoerotic

adjective

Definition of autoerotic

as in prurient

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autoerotic

Adjective

What if the creature from John Carpenter’s The Thing had a prurient interest in one of the researchers?

— Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
If minors are sent nude or otherwise prurient photos, the images are blurred.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Definition of prurient

Adjective

When Demetrius Carl Davis was arrested in April 2022, he was charged with 32 felony counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act with a child younger than 14 years old.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
He was charged with lewd and lascivious battery on a victim 12 to 16 years old.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of lascivious

Adjective

Robert also identifies the lustful subtext of Bret’s fixation on Robert and Susan together.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
In March, the Miami Herald also joined Welty and the Croc Docs on a trip deep in the interior of the northern Everglades to track down lustful male pythons.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Definition of lustful

Adjective

When Demetrius Carl Davis was arrested in April 2022, he was charged with 32 felony counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act with a child younger than 14 years old.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
He also was allegedly caught performing lewd olfactory acts in bookstores across Burbank, one of which went viral on TikTok.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of lewd

Adjective

Last year, after signing a $132 million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers following a trade, he was docked another $26,000 for fighting and making an obscene gesture.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
There was a dog’s leg that had been sewn on near a man’s crotch in a way that seemed like an obscene visual pun.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of obscene

Adjective

At the time, fans were quick to point out that the majority of the crew members seen in the clip were men, while Sweeney was sitting in a suggestive pose.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Messages in 2024 between Johnson and Duffey revealed the two men used suggestive language.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of suggestive

Adjective

Authorities say the girl was subsequently subjected to threats, emotional blackmail, surveillance and physical violence and forced to produce pornographic material and participate in online webcam sessions.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
The sheriff’s office said Ahlers had hundreds, and possibly thousands, of pornographic photos and videos of children on his hard drive.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of pornographic

Adjective

His Ian is a man who loves life — the life of a British celebrity, an erotic adventurer, and an actor who’s gifted and ambitious enough to think of himself as an artist.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
No other designer has synthesized erotic tension with such aplomb since Ford himself.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of erotic

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