MASTURBATORY Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

masturbatory

adjective

Definition of masturbatory

as in onanistic

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Recent Examples of masturbatory More than masturbatory daydreams, Vladimir inspires our heroine to write with abandon, ignoring professional and personal obligations in service to her muse. — Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026 Judging by trophy videos posted to Reddit, most users are training Ani to assist them in baroque masturbatory fantasies. — Hari Kunzru, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025 Bardo for being masturbatory and self-pitying, Empire of Light for being shallow and unfocused. — Vulture, 24 Jan. 2023 Strickland, responding to a question from Tolley about the oddest thing he’d been asked to endorse, recalls being approached by the manufacturer of a masturbatory aid. — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022 And this use was a selling point, not a secret, during an era of anti-masturbatory rhetoric. — Kim Adams, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2020

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Likewise, the intensely retrograde gender politics—and the text’s out-of-control, onanistic eroticism—seem fairly personal and specific.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025

Definition of onanistic

Adjective

Mosaku’s dress was formfitting and merged timeless elegance with a scintillating, sensual appeal by contemporary standards.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Printing, embroidery and sequins gave the surfaces depth, though their richness sometimes competed with the sensual draping that is one of Tron’s strengths.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of sensual

Adjective

The difference between one frame rate and another can be the difference between wanting to ogle a voluptuous demon and wanting to squish her like a bug.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
Everyone, meanwhile, can enjoy the simple, perfect sight gag of a voluptuous sheep cleaning a blackboard with her ample fleece.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of voluptuous

Adjective

And their courtship, which White shoots with a sensuous intimacy, begins with some canoodling at a bar, then progresses into an impulsive hookup during a late session at the office.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
In our natural state, the sensuous and formal drives conflict with each other.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of sensuous

Adjective

Digger is wealthy, self-absorbed, insulated in his own reality, and sees himself as the center of the world in a way that many of us presume huge movie stars like Tom Cruise do.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
The Lacobs were ultimately too risk-averse, too cautious, and too self-absorbed to build anything of worth without their former general manager.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of self-absorbed

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