Synonyms of naughty

naughty

adjective

ˈnȯ-tē 

as in mischievous

engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior

told her to act her age and stop throwing temper tantrums like a naughty little girl

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mischievous
• bad
• rude
• rebellious
• selfish
• childish
• wild
• wicked
• errant
• misbehaving
• contrary
• froward
• immature
• juvenile
• improper
• defiant
• impudent
• disobedient
• insolent
• disrespectful
• wilful
• evil
• impish
• indecorous
• unruly
• wayward
• recalcitrant
• uncontrollable
• uncouth
• impolite
• unmannerly
• corrupt
• roguish
• prankish
• obstreperous
• elfish
• headstrong
• willful
• rowdy
• knavish
• ornery
• waggish
• refractory
• dissolute
• monkeying
• rascally
• perverse
• intractable
• restive
• ill-mannered
• ill-natured
• untoward
• balky
• ungovernable
• wrongheaded
• disorderly
• unkind
• ruffianly
• mutinous
• thoughtless
• inconsiderate
• infantile
• transgressing
• pixieish
• insurgent
• unkindly
• arch
• puerile
• monkeyish
• babyish
• disobliging
• kiddish
• jejune

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nice
• behaved
• submissive
• obedient
• moral
• orderly
• correct
• dutiful
• proper
• compliant
• complying
• clean
• polite
• decent
• divine
• acquiescent
• respectable
• thoughtful
• courteous
• decorous
• angelic
• considerate
• kindly
• heavenly
• behaving
• pleasant
• cherubic
• docile
• amiable
• amenable
• good-natured
• tractable
• modest
• discreet
• complaisant
• angelical
• adult
• mannerly
• mature
• obliging
• governable
• grown-up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of naughty

Burnt out and fed up with her untameable class of 10-year-olds, Maria tussles with an increasingly naughty student, Danny (played wonderfully by young newcomer Eddie Waller), and makes a rash decision to keep him captive in her basement. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025

An initial jolt of spicy pink pepper dissipates to reveal a rose dripping in honeyed, ambery sweetness, while its leathery base adds strength, dimension, and something a little bit naughty to this fruity-floral triumph of a scent. —Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

Park Station is now open on the island a few blocks from the beach, serving suds, live music and kind-of-naughty comfort food. —John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025

Now, the hit show is getting a naughty makeover as a musical. —Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025