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libertine

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of libertine

having or showing lowered moral character or standards

  • his libertine sister had got caught up in the urban drug scene and had died of an overdose
Synonyms of libertine

corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped
Words Related to libertine

bent [chiefly British], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

contaminated, spoiled, tainted

bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked
Near Antonyms of libertine

incorruptible

ethical, honest, principled

good, moral, righteous, virtuous
Antonyms of libertine

pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted

libertine

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of libertine

a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard

  • the legend of Don Juan depicts him as a playboy and libertine
Synonyms of libertine

backslider, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, degenerate, deviate, perv, pervert, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip
Words Related to libertine

bankrupt, delinquent, derelict, incorrigible

blackguard, cad, heel, knave, miscreant, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, villain

lecher, playboy, playgirl, satyr
Near Antonyms of libertine

saint

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