Synonyms for WANTON
ˈwɒn tnwan·ton

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1. wantonadjective

   Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.

   Synonyms:
   unruly, undisciplined

2. wantonadjective

   Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.

   The young man wantoned away his inheritance.

   Synonyms:
   unchaste, lustful, lewd

3. wantonadjective

   Synonyms:
   merciless, inhumane, malicious, insolent

4. wantonadjective

   Synonyms:
   lavish, luxuriant, abundant, prodigal, extravagant, unrestrained

5. wantonadjective

   Synonyms:
   playful, frolicsome

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1. wanton

   Synonyms:
   wandering, roving, sportive, playful, frolicsome, loose, unbridled, uncurbed, reckless, unrestrained, irregular, licentious, dissolute, inconsiderate, heedless, gratuitous

   Antonyms:
   stationary, unrovlng, unsportive, unplayful, unfrolicsome, joyless, thoughtful, demure, sedate, discreet, staid, self-controlled, well-regulated, formal, austere, purposed, deliberate, cold-blooded, determined

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1. wantonadjective

   lewd or lascivious woman

   Antonyms:
   motivated, chaste

2. motiveless, unprovoked, wantonadjective

   occurring without motivation or provocation

   "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt

   Synonyms:
   promiscuous, loose, sluttish, motiveless, light, easy, unprovoked, wanton

   Antonyms:
   motivated, chaste

3. easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wantonverb

   casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

   "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"

   Synonyms:
   motiveless, light-headed, sluttish, wanton, wakeful, faint, prosperous, at large(p), well-situated, soft, gentle, idle, blowsy, lightsome, blowzy, light-colored, unaccented, slatternly, weak, low-cal, lite, easy, promiscuous, well-off, liberal, abstemious, informal, unclouded, leisurely, unaffixed, open, light(a), well-to-do, clear, well-fixed, easygoing, on the loose(p), comfortable, lightheaded, clean, tripping, short, scant(p), unprovoked, free, well-heeled, slack, light, swooning, calorie-free, escaped, lax, loose

   Antonyms:
   motivated, chaste

4. piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifleverb

   waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

   Synonyms:
   wanton away, wee, wee-wee, piddle away, play, piddle, dally, urinate, frivol, relieve oneself, micturate, pass water, wanton, trifle away, puddle, piss, spend a penny, luxuriate, take a leak, make water, trifle, make, pee-pee, pee

   Antonyms:
   chaste, motivated

5. wantonverb

   indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life

   Synonyms:
   trifle, piddle, trifle away, luxuriate, piddle away, wanton away

   Antonyms:
   chaste, motivated

6. wanton, wanton away, trifle awayverb

   spend wastefully

   "wanton one's money away"

   Synonyms:
   trifle, piddle, trifle away, luxuriate, piddle away, wanton, wanton away

   Antonyms:
   chaste, motivated

7. luxuriate, wantonverb

   become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

   Synonyms:
   piddle away, piddle, indulge, wanton, luxuriate, wanton away, trifle away, trifle

   Antonyms:
   motivated, chaste

8. wantonverb

   engage in amorous play

   Synonyms:
   trifle, piddle, trifle away, luxuriate, piddle away, wanton away

   Antonyms:
   chaste, motivated

9. wantonverb

   behave extremely cruelly and brutally

   Synonyms:
   trifle, piddle, trifle away, luxuriate, piddle away, wanton away

   Antonyms:
   motivated, chaste

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Flirt
   • Live
   • Spend
   • Squander

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1. wantonadjective

   Synonyms:
   wandering, loose, unrestrained, unchecked, free

2. wantonadjective

   Synonyms:
   luxuriant, exuberant, abounding, rank, rampant

3. wantonadjective

   Synonyms:
   sportive, frolicsome, playful, gay, frisky, coltish, airy

4. wantonadjective

   Synonyms:
   dissolute, licentious, lewd, incontinent, prurient, lustful, lascivious, lecherous, carnal, salacious, libidinous, concupiscent, lickerish, unchaste, loose

5. wantonnoun

   Synonyms:
   lewd person

6. wantonverb

   Synonyms:
   revel, frolic, sport, play, disport, frisk, romp, caper, make fun, make merry

7. wantonverb

   Synonyms:
   luxuriate, live luxuriously, live in clover

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1. wantonadjective

   Synonyms:
   unrestrained, uncontrolled, unchecked, unbridled undisciplined, luxuriant, rampant, exuberant, excessive, rank, dissolute, licentious, immoral, unchaste, frolicsome, playful, sportive, reckless, heedless, inconsiderate

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1. List of paraphrases for "wanton":

   indiscriminate, blind, arbitrary, senseless, unjustified, unjustifiable, free, brutal, deliberate, unbridled, unscrupulous, unwarranted

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1. John Adams:

   [D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few.

2. Abraham Myerson:

   Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.

3. Jeffrey Bank:

   Three women brutally attacked our hosts without provocation, got arrested and charged for their misconduct, and then, over the last several days, had their lawyer falsely and grossly misrepresent their acts of wanton violence in a cynical attempt to try to excuse the inexcusable.

4. William Shakespeare:

   As flies to wanton boys, are we to the godsThey kill us for their sport.

5. Gavin Newsom:

   Before she can be safely released, Van Houten must do more to develop her understanding of the factors that caused her to seek acceptance from such a negative, violent influence, and perpetrate extreme acts of wanton violence.