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porn

[pawrn] / pɔrn /
ADJECTIVE
pornographic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adult erotic indecent lewd obscene salacious sexy
WEAK
X-rated explicit graphic porno prurient purple raunchy rough smutty steamy
ADJECTIVE
X-rated
Synonyms
WEAK
adult bawdy dirty erotic fleshy hard-core indecent lascivious lewd obscene off-color porno raunchy sensual sexual sexy smutty steamy
NOUN
erotica
Synonyms
STRONGEST
smut
STRONG
dirt
WEAK
X-rated materials adult literature adult materials obscene art obscene literature sexually explicit art sexually explicit literature soft porn
NOUN
obscenity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
four-letter word indecency pornography profanity smut vulgarity
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness evil filthiness foulness immodesty impropriety impurity indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage prurience salacity scatology scurrility sleaze smuttiness swearword vileness wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word suggestiveness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decency
STRONG
blessing compliment delight goodness happiness joy kindness pleasantry right virtue
WEAK
cleanness innocence morality propriety purity uprightness
NOUN
pornographic film
Synonyms
WEAK
R-17 movie X-rated movie adult movie blue movie hard porn porno film porno flick pornographic movie skin flick soft porn stag film
NOUN
pornography
Synonyms
STRONGEST
smut
STRONG
bawdiness dirt erotica filth indecency porno sexploitation
WEAK
X-rated material X-rated movie adult material adult movie dirty movie girlie magazine hard-core pornography obscene materials porno film sexually explicit material skin flick soft-core pornography stag film
Antonyms
STRONG
cleanliness purity sterility
NOUN
profaneness
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness evil filthiness foulness grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage pornography profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility sleaze smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word scurrilousness suggestiveness vulgarness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty pleasantry right tastefulness virtue
NOUN
raunch
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirt dirtiness evil filth filthiness foulness grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage pornography profaneness profanity prurience ribaldry salacity scatology scurrility sleaze smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word scurrilousness suggestiveness vulgarness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing cleanliness compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty morality pleasantry purity right sterility tastefulness virtue
NOUN
raunchiness
Synonyms
WEAK
X-rating abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness dirty name dirty word evil filthiness foulness four-letter word grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility scurrilousness sleaze smut smuttiness suggestiveness swearword vileness vulgarity vulgarness wrong
NOUN
ribaldry
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness bawdry blight blueness coarseness curse dirt dirtiness evil filth filthiness foulness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage pornography profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility sleaze smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word suggestiveness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing cleanliness compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty morality pleasantry purity right sterility tastefulness virtue
NOUN
scatology
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness bawdry blight blueness coarseness curse dirt dirtiness evil filth filthiness foulness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage pornography profanity prurience ribaldry salacity scurrility sleaze smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word suggestiveness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing cleanliness compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty morality pleasantry purity right sterility tastefulness virtue
NOUN
scurrility
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness evil filthiness foulness grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology sleaze smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word scurrilousness suggestiveness vulgarness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty pleasantry right tastefulness virtue
NOUN
scurrilousness
Synonyms
WEAK
X-rating abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness dirty name dirty word evil filthiness foulness four-letter word grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility sleaze smut smuttiness suggestiveness swearword vileness vulgarity vulgarness wrong
NOUN
smut
Synonyms
STRONGEST
erotica filth obscenity
STRONG
bawdiness dirt indecency porno sexploitation
WEAK
X-rated material X-rated movie adult material adult movie dirty movie girlie magazine hard-core pornography indecent material obscene materials porno film sexually explicit material skin flick soft-core pornography stag film
Antonyms
STRONGEST
purity
NOUN
smuttiness
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness evil filthiness foulness grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility sleaze smut swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word scurrilousness suggestiveness vulgarness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty pleasantry right tastefulness virtue
NOUN
swearword
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blasphemy blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness epithet evil expletive filthiness foulness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity oath offense outrage pornography profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility sleaze smut smuttiness vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word suggestiveness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty pleasantry right tastefulness virtue
NOUN
vulgarness
Synonyms
WEAK
X-rating abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness dirty name dirty word evil filthiness foulness four-letter word grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility scurrilousness sleaze smut smuttiness suggestiveness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong

Example Sentences

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“This isn’t bear porn or AI doomer fan-fiction. The sole intent of this piece is modeling a scenario that’s been relatively underexplored,” they say.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

But RadialB says his intention was not to become a "decline porn" influencer - and instead just wants to make people laugh with a sort of "artform" that games the recommendation systems.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Does it have any reason to exist other than to serve up poverty porn?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

But this book is absolutely not trauma porn; it is, instead, a celebration of life, both of Sinéad herself as well as each of the authors of the essays.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

Tamm you, I wass steerin' by th' win' pefore you wass porn, aye!

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.