Synonyms for naughty
ˈnɔ tinaughty

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1. naughtyadjective

   Synonyms:
   mischievous, dirty

2. naughtyadjective

   Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

   Synonyms:
   dirty, mischievous

3. naughtyadjective

   Immoral, sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.

   Synonyms:
   dirty, mischievous

4. naughtyadjective

   Bad, worthless, substandard.

   One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. Jeremiah 24:2, American King James Bible.

   Synonyms:
   mischievous, dirty

5. naughtyadjective

   Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).

   Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.

   Synonyms:
   mischievous, dirty

6. naughtyadjective

   Antonyms:
   nice

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1. naughty

   Synonyms:
   worthless, vile, corrupt, bad, froward, refractory, wicked, perverse

   Antonyms:
   worthy, good, precious, pure, docile, tractable, well-behaved

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1. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicyadjective

   suggestive of sexual impropriety

   "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"

   Synonyms:
   down(p), dispirited, red-hot, spirited, racy, hot, toothsome, mettlesome, gamy, zesty, bluish, fat, dismal, dark, down in the mouth, gentle, savoury, robust, disconsolate, gloomy, drear, puritanical, low, profane, spunky, blue, blueish, gamey, luscious, downhearted, lively, juicy, downcast, blasphemous, high, drab, gritty, patrician, rich, blue-blooded, game, spicy, savory, full-bodied, aristocratic, blue(a), sorry, aristocratical, puritanic, grim, depressed, dingy, dreary, piquant, risque, low-spirited, voluptuous

   Antonyms:
   unsexy, good

2. naughtyadjective

   badly behaved

   "a naughty boy"

   Synonyms:
   racy, risque, blue, gamy, juicy, spicy, gamey

   Antonyms:
   unsexy, good

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1. naughtyadjective

   Synonyms:
   wicked, bad, corrupt, sinful

2. naughtyadjective

   Synonyms:
   perverse, froward, mischievous

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1. naughtyadjective

   Synonyms:
   disobedient, mischievous, perverse, forward, refractory

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1. List of paraphrases for "naughty":

   nasty, villain, bad, ugly, rascal, wicked, dirty, horrid, redheaded

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How to use naughty in a sentence?

1. Joe Navarro:

   In American culture an averted gaze and eye avoidance are perceived as guilt: 'I've been naughty. I'm ashamed. I've been up to no good.' It's very powerful and you have to factor it in as part of your message.

2. Ihor Dusaniwsky:

   We are seeing short sellers hold and build their positions in the hopes of making back some of their losses hoping for a year-end swoon in Tesla’s stock price, by the beginning of 2021 we should be able to see whether it’s the Tesla longs or Tesla shorts that are on Santa’s naughty or nice lists.

3. Larry Craig:

   Or the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Speaking on NBC's Meet The Press, Craig told Tim Russert: "The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy - a naughty boy. I’m going to speak out for the citizens of my state, who in the majority think that Bill Clinton is probably even a nasty, bad, naughty boy.”

4. John Hickenlooper:

   I promised, I called a friend in Philadelphia -- and... we didn't know what an X-movie was. We thought it was a little naughty, but we didn't think it was that bad, you've got ta understand, I was 18 years old.

5. Christian Bale:

   So we'd always 'look on the bright side of life', thinking 'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy'. It just helped me.