indecent

1. 1.

   not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

   “was buried with indecent haste”

   “indecorous behavior”

   “language unbecoming to a lady”

   “unseemly to use profanity”

   “moved to curb their untoward ribaldry”

   Synonymsindecorousunbecominguncomelyunseemlyuntoward

   Similarimproper
2. 2.

   offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters

   “an earthy but not indecent story”

   “an indecent gesture”

   Antonymsdecent

   SimilarcrudeHollywoodindelicateobscenesuggestive
3. 3.

   offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

   “a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards”

   Similarimmodest

Questions about indecent

What does indecent mean?

indecent means "not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indecent?

indecent has 3 syllables: in-de-cent. The stress falls on "de". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈdisənt/.

What is another word for indecent?

Close synonyms include indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of indecent?

The recorded antonyms are decent.

Is indecent a common word?

indecent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with indecent?

1 word rhymes with indecent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.