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

Its publication was delayed due to what was considered salacious and offensive content. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Not analysis of the games, not human interest stories on the players, but salacious searches for the next star being failed by the mom-and-pop franchises that exist only to develop talent and feed it to the overlords in New York, Los Angeles, the Bay Area and Miami. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 24 June 2026

The Koenig trade was triggered by preposterously salacious events. — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

Unfortunately, in our legal system, anyone can file a lawsuit alleging anything, truthful or not, and then hide behind litigation privilege to justify the most salacious allegations, no matter how untrue and untested. — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026