Synonyms of salacious

salacious

adjective

sə-ˈlā-shəs 

as in passionate

having a strong sexual desire

the salacious Greek god Pan is generally portrayed as having the legs, horns, and ears of a goat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• passionate
• hot
• lascivious
• lewd
• licentious
• lustful
• libidinous
• lecherous
• aroused
• randy
• horny
• corrupt
• immoral
• excited
• lubricious
• itchy
• oversexed
• satyric
• hypersexual
• goatish
• wanton
• concupiscent
• promiscuous
• degraded
• easy
• indecent
• dissolute
• loose
• depraved
• debauched
• libertine
• degenerate
• fast
• debased
• decadent
• dissipated
• demoralized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moral
• pure
• frigid
• virtuous
• modest
• chaste
• decent
• immaculate
• celibate
• monastic
• monkish
• virginal
• undersexed
• innocent
• maidenly
• prudish
• puritanical
• Victorian
• priggish
• prim
• lily-white
• straitlaced

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of salacious

Springfield, a small city in southwestern Ohio, became the center of salacious and unfounded rumors about the Haitian community during the 2024 presidential election. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

This was Perez Hilton, after all, a man who had earned fame in the mid-two-thousands for his salacious, sarcastic, and often sadistic coverage of celebrity suffering. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

Extrapolating from salacious and rumor-filled ancient sources, the novel offers an inside scoop into the machinations of the first Roman imperial family. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Eating disorders can carry what Scaringi calls a whiff of the salacious, and feeling riveted by someone’s changing body isn’t the same as caring about their well-being. — Angela Haupt, Time, 5 Aug. 2026