RANDY Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

randy

adjective

ˈran-dē

Definition of randy

as in passionate

having a strong sexual desire a booze-fueled off-campus party that was rife with randy frat boys hoping to score

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Recent Examples of randy Kruger, who was so much fun as a randy noblewoman in HBO Max’s French-language Dangerous Liaisons riff The Seduction, captures Jess’ neuroses without going full antivax harpy. — Judy Berman, Time, 10 Dec. 2025 McNamara’s screenplays are equally strange and enchanting, but also florid, absurd and randy. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025 Meanwhile, Bull winds up in an unintended liaison with the randy Molasses (Michelle Buteau), which proves unfortunate when Honey unexpectedly bursts in on them. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025 Another member of the household who just happens to be passing by in one of the residence’s many hallways is Nadja, whose attraction to randy Englishmen seems to cross generational boundaries as well. — Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for randy

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The colors are dour and muted, and the yearnings of the two elder Dashwood sisters—the self-abnegating Elinor (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and the passionate Marianne (Esmé Creed-Miles, a gimlet-eyed standout)—often play out in drearily candlelit rooms.

— Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
The Bulgari staff is notably passionate about this garden and volunteers there on a regular basis.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of passionate

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Then, of course, there’s the sandwich that started it all — the Sublime, with prosciutto, hot soppressata, burrata, fresh walnut pesto, spicy garlic aioli, sundried tomatoes and arugula.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Neither is the league’s hottest player, the record five-time MVP A’Ja Wilson, whose defending champion Las Vegas were swept in the semifinals by Golden State.

— Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hot

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Ahead of the movie’s release, the marketing team behind Wicker (which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past January) has already worked audiences into a froth by presenting it as a wholly horny and weird fairy-tale fantasia.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of horny

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