wanton
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
lewd or lascivious woman
Types & categories
- sensualist hypernym
- light-o'-love hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
Types & categories
- expend hypernym
Related & opposite
- dalliance derivation
Sense 3 adjective
occurring without motivation or provocation
motiveless malignity
Related & opposite
- wantonness derivation
- unmotivated similar to
Sense 4 verb
indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
Types & categories
- live hypernym
Related & opposite
- wanton derivation
Sense 5 adjective
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
her easy virtue
Related & opposite
- dissipation derivation
- promiscuity derivation
- licentiousness derivation
- slatternliness derivation
- wanton derivation
- unchaste similar to
Sense 6 verb
spend wastefully
wanton one's money away
Types & categories
- expend hypernym
Sense 7 verb
become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
Types & categories
- ware hypernym
Related & opposite
- luxuriation derivation
- luxury derivation
- lavishness derivation
- sumptuousness derivation
Sense 8 verb
engage in amorous play
Types & categories
- flirt hypernym
Related & opposite
- wanton derivation
Sense 9 verb
behave extremely cruelly and brutally
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanton |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanton |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanton |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sensualist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | light-o'-love |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dalliance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wantonness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unmotivated |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanton |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | live |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissipation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | promiscuity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | licentiousness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slatternliness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanton |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | unchaste |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | luxuriation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | luxury |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | lavishness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sumptuousness |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | ware |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanton |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | flirt |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |