gamey

The word “gamey” has 2 syllables: ga-mey

It's pronounced as /ˈɡeɪ.mi/


What is synonym and antonym for gamey?

In the thesaurus, “gamey” has 42 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gamey along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gamey

Antonyms for gamey

  • G-rated
  • Victorian
  • clean
  • correct
  • decent
  • decorous
  • genteel
  • innocuous
  • inoffensive
  • nice
  • nonobscene
  • polite
  • priggish
  • prim
  • proper
  • prudish
  • puritanical
  • respectable
  • seemly
  • staid
  • straightlaced
  • straitlaced

Meanings of gamey

  • adjective
    1. Having the smell, taste and texture of consumed game (meat).
    2. Plucky, spirited or gritty.
    3. Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.

Example Sentences

  • The chef recommended trying the gamey venison stew for a taste of the wild.
  • After a long day of hunting, the cabin was filled with the scent of gamey meats roasting over the fire.
  • Some people enjoy the rich, gamey flavor of duck compared to other poultry.
  • The restaurant prided itself on serving dishes made with locally sourced, gamey ingredients.
  • Despite its gamey aroma, the dish was surprisingly flavorful and tender, winning over even the skeptics.

On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gamey, such as: G-rated, Victorian, X-rated, barnyard, bawdy, blue, clean.

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off

  • X-rated
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  • suboptimal
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  • wack
  • wanting
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  • wipe out
  • worthless
  • wretched
  • wrong
  • zap

gallant

  • Beau Brummell
  • Homeric
  • Spartan
  • admirer
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  • adventurous
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  • coxcomb
  • crazy
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  • fire-eating
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  • foolhardy
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  • fop
  • formidable
  • game
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • glorified
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  • go out
  • gorgeous
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  • great
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  • gritty
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  • hairy
  • half-witted
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  • hasty
  • headlong
  • heartened
  • heavenly
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  • heroic
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  • high
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  • honey
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  • imperial
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  • lounge lizard
  • love
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  • macaroni
  • mad
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  • magnanimous
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  • man
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  • monumental
  • moving
  • natural
  • noble
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  • old man
  • operatic
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  • plucky
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  • pretty boy
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  • swell
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  • valentine
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  • venerable
  • venturesome
  • venturous
  • wild
  • wonderful
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  • woo
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  • worthy

ignominious

  • atrocious
  • bad
  • base
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • censurable
  • contemptible
  • corrupt
  • criminal
  • cruel
  • currish
  • debased
  • debauched
  • degenerate
  • depraved
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • dishonorable
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  • dissolute
  • embarrassing
  • evil
  • execrable
  • foul
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • ignoble
  • immoral
  • infamous
  • inglorious
  • iniquitous
  • libertine
  • loose
  • louche
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-minded
  • mean
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • nasty
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  • notorious
  • opprobrious
  • paltry
  • perverted
  • reprehensible
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  • rotten
  • seamy
  • shady
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  • shy
  • sinful
  • snide
  • sordid
  • unethical
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  • unworthy
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • wicked
  • wretched
  • wrong

wanton

racy

  • X-rated
  • active
  • agile
  • agog
  • airy
  • alert
  • animate
  • animated
  • awake
  • barnyard
  • bawdy
  • blue
  • boisterous
  • bouncing
  • bright
  • brisk
  • broad
  • bubbly
  • buoyant
  • cheerful
  • chipper
  • chirpy
  • chirrupy
  • clever
  • coarse
  • coarse-grained
  • crude
  • dapper
  • dashing
  • dirty
  • distinctive
  • eager
  • earthy
  • ebullient
  • effervescent
  • energetic
  • entertaining
  • enthusiastic
  • erotic
  • exciting
  • exhilarating
  • exuberant
  • fiery
  • filthy
  • forceful
  • forcible
  • foul
  • frisky
  • frolicsome
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • gay
  • gingery
  • gross
  • gutter
  • heady
  • high-spirited
  • high-strung
  • immodest
  • impish
  • indecent
  • indecorous
  • indelicate
  • jaunty
  • jazzy
  • keen
  • kinetic
  • lascivious
  • leering
  • lewd
  • lively
  • locker-room
  • lurid
  • mettlesome
  • nasty
  • naughty
  • nervous
  • nimble
  • obscene
  • off
  • off-color
  • off-colored
  • on the go
  • open-eyed
  • peppery
  • peppy
  • perky
  • pert
  • piquant
  • pixieish
  • pizazzy
  • pizzazzy
  • playful
  • poignant
  • pornographic
  • porny
  • prurient
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  • purple
  • raunchy
  • ribald
  • rich
  • salty
  • saucy
  • shady
  • sharp
  • skittish
  • smutty
  • snappy
  • spanking
  • sparkling
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  • sparky
  • spicy
  • spiffy
  • spirited
  • sportive
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  • spry
  • stag
  • stimulating
  • strong
  • suggestive
  • tangy
  • tart
  • tasty
  • unprintable
  • unpublishable
  • up
  • upbeat
  • vigorous
  • vital
  • vivacious
  • vulgar
  • warm
  • wicked
  • wide-awake
  • witty
  • zesty
  • zippy

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