Synonyms of spicy

spicy

adjective

ˈspī-sē 

as in suggestive

hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent

a spicy suggestion that earned him a slap in the face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suggestive
• blue
• salty
• naughty
• vulgar
• bawdy
• racy
• ribald
• lewd
• off
• gamy
• risqué
• warm
• coarse
• pornographic
• nasty
• crude
• obscene
• off-color
• earthy
• foul
• dirty
• filthy
• raunchy
• coarse-grained
• gross
• smutty
• lascivious
• barnyard
• indecent
• prurient
• locker-room
• unprintable
• indelicate
• indecorous
• unpublishable
• leering
• immodest
• stag
• porny
• X-rated
• gutter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• decent
• innocuous
• inoffensive
• nonobscene
• G-rated
• puritanical
• prudish
• staid
• Victorian
• nice
• prim
• polite
• proper
• priggish
• correct
• genteel
• respectable
• decorous
• straitlaced
• seemly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spicy

Waiters in Tom Ford tuxedos, meanwhile, passed around crab cakes and spicy rigatoni—the signature dish of Carbone’s eponymous restaurant. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026

Diners will also find familiar favorites, too, like sticky Korean ribs, seafood towers, spicy Calabrian pasta and a variety of steaks and other sushi. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

The fish was meaty and firm and absorbed the spicy flavors beautifully. — Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

Order a full meal or just sip drinks and nosh on the onion-forward, slightly spicy salsa and fresh chips, or leisurely sop up green chile with pillowy tortillas and bask in the tomatillo fiesta. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2026