wantonly

The word “wantonly” has 3 syllables: wan-ton-ly

It's pronounced as /ˈwɒntənli/


What is synonym and antonym for wantonly?

In the thesaurus, “wantonly” has 95 synonyms and 45 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for wantonly

  • aboveboard
  • affluently
  • agitatedly
  • aimlessly
  • amok
  • amuck
  • artlessly
  • berserk
  • berserkly
  • blatantly
  • brazenly
  • candidly
  • chaotically
  • comfortably
  • confusedly
  • crazily
  • desperately
  • expensively
  • extravagantly
  • fatly
  • feverishly
  • fine
  • flagrantly
  • forthrightly
  • frankly
  • frantically
  • frenetically
  • frenziedly
  • fully
  • grandiosely
  • grandly
  • haphazard
  • haphazardly
  • harum-scarum
  • haywire
  • hectically
  • heedlessly
  • helter-skelter
  • high
  • hit or miss
  • honestly
  • hotheadedly
  • immoderately
  • imposingly
  • impressively
  • in broad daylight
  • in full view
  • in public
  • in the open
  • indulgently
  • ingenuously
  • intemperately
  • large
  • lavishly
  • luxuriously
  • madly
  • magnificently
  • naively
  • naturally
  • opulently
  • ostentatiously
  • palatially
  • pell-mell
  • plainly
  • plushly
  • pompously
  • pretentiously
  • prodigally
  • publicly
  • readily
  • recklessly
  • richly
  • riotously
  • shamelessly
  • simply
  • skittishly
  • splendidly
  • straight
  • sumptuously
  • topsy-turvy
  • tumultuously
  • turbulently
  • unabashedly
  • unashamedly
  • uncontrollably
  • unhesitatingly
  • unreservedly
  • warts and all
  • wastefully
  • wealthily
  • wild
  • wildly
  • willingly
  • without pretense
  • without reserve

Antonyms for wantonly

  • austerely
  • calmly
  • cheaply
  • collectedly
  • composedly
  • conservatively
  • coolly
  • cooly
  • economically
  • frugally
  • humbly
  • imperturbably
  • incompletely
  • inexpensively
  • meagerly
  • meekly
  • methodically
  • mildly
  • moderately
  • modestly
  • orderly
  • passively
  • peacefully
  • placidly
  • plainly
  • poorly
  • prudently
  • reasonably
  • restrainedly
  • secretly
  • self-composedly
  • self-possessedly
  • sensibly
  • serenely
  • shamefully
  • simply
  • skimpily
  • sparely
  • sparingly
  • systematically
  • tamely
  • temperately
  • thriftily
  • unconcernedly
  • unpretentiously

Meanings of wantonly

  • adverb
    1. In a wanton manner.

Example Sentences

  • The soldiers were criticized for wantonly destroying the village.
  • She wantonly disregarded the rules, causing chaos in the office.
  • The company was accused of wantonly polluting the river.
  • He wantonly spent all his money on frivolous items.
  • The vandals wantonly damaged public property without any regard for the consequences.

On this page you'll find 140 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wantonly, such as: aboveboard, affluently, agitatedly, aimlessly, amok, amuck, artlessly.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

madly

  • absurdly
  • agitatedly
  • aimlessly
  • amok
  • amuck
  • avidly
  • berserk
  • berserkly
  • chaotically
  • confusedly
  • crazily
  • deliriously
  • dementedly
  • desperately
  • devotedly
  • distractedly
  • eagerly
  • energetically
  • enthusiastically
  • exceedingly
  • excessively
  • excitedly
  • extremely
  • exuberantly
  • fanatically
  • feverishly
  • foolishly
  • frantically
  • frenetically
  • frenziedly
  • furiously
  • haphazard
  • haphazardly
  • hard
  • harum-scarum
  • hastily
  • haywire
  • hectically
  • heedlessly
  • helter-skelter
  • hit or miss
  • hotheadedly
  • hurriedly
  • hysterically
  • impatiently
  • insanely
  • intensely
  • irrationally
  • keenly
  • like mad
  • ludicrously
  • nonsensically
  • passionately
  • pell-mell
  • psychotically
  • quickly
  • rabidly
  • rapidly
  • rashly
  • recklessly
  • rhapsodically
  • riotously
  • senselessly
  • skittishly
  • sky-high
  • something fierce
  • speedily
  • stormily
  • to distraction
  • topsy-turvy
  • tumultuously
  • turbulently
  • uncontrollably
  • unreasonably
  • violently
  • wantonly
  • warmly
  • wild
  • wildly
  • zealously

magnificently

  • affluently
  • beautifully
  • comfortably
  • excellently
  • expensively
  • extravagantly
  • fatly
  • fine
  • gorgeously
  • grandiosely
  • grandly
  • high
  • immoderately
  • imposingly
  • impressively
  • indulgently
  • intemperately
  • large
  • lavishly
  • luxuriously
  • opulently
  • ostentatiously
  • palatially
  • plushly
  • pompously
  • pretentiously
  • prodigally
  • richly
  • splendidly
  • sumptuously
  • superbly
  • wantonly
  • wastefully
  • wealthily
  • wonderfully

palatially

  • affluently
  • comfortably
  • expensively
  • extravagantly
  • fatly
  • fine
  • grandiosely
  • grandly
  • high
  • immoderately
  • imposingly
  • impressively
  • indulgently
  • intemperately
  • large
  • lavishly
  • luxuriously
  • magnificently
  • opulently
  • ostentatiously
  • plushly
  • pompously
  • pretentiously
  • prodigally
  • richly
  • splendidly
  • sumptuously
  • wantonly
  • wastefully
  • wealthily

large

  • Brobdingnagian
  • Bunyanesque
  • Himalayan
  • abundant
  • affluently
  • ample
  • appreciable
  • astronomic
  • astronomical
  • big
  • biggish
  • booming
  • boxcar
  • broad
  • bulky
  • bumper
  • capacious
  • cavernous
  • celebrated
  • colossal
  • comfortably
  • commodious
  • comprehensive
  • considerable
  • copious
  • cosmic
  • cosmical
  • crowd-pleasing
  • cyclopean
  • desirable
  • du jour
  • elephantine
  • enormous
  • excessive
  • exorbitant
  • expensively
  • extensive
  • extravagant
  • extravagantly
  • extreme
  • fabled
  • fabulous
  • faddish
  • faddy
  • famed
  • famous
  • fashionable
  • fat
  • fatly
  • favorite
  • fine
  • full
  • galactic
  • gargantuan
  • generous
  • giant
  • gigantic
  • goodly
  • grand
  • grandiose
  • grandiosely
  • grandly
  • great
  • gross
  • handsome
  • happening
  • hefty
  • hellacious
  • herculean
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • high
  • hot
  • huge
  • hulking
  • humongous
  • humungous
  • husky
  • immeasurable
  • immense
  • immoderate
  • immoderately
  • important
  • imposingly
  • impressively
  • in
  • indulgently
  • inordinate
  • intemperately
  • jumbo
  • king-size
  • king-sized
  • largish
  • lavishly
  • leading
  • legendary
  • leviathan
  • liberal
  • liked
  • luxuriously
  • magnificently
  • major
  • mammoth
  • massive
  • modish
  • monolithic
  • monstrous
  • monumental
  • mountainous
  • notable
  • noted
  • notorious
  • opulently
  • ostentatiously
  • outsize
  • outsized
  • outstanding
  • oversize
  • oversized
  • palatially
  • pharaonic
  • plentiful
  • plushly
  • pompously
  • pop
  • popular
  • popularized
  • populous
  • preferred
  • pretentiously
  • prodigally
  • prodigious
  • prominent
  • red-hot
  • remarkable
  • renowned
  • richly
  • roomy
  • selected
  • semipopular
  • significant
  • sizable
  • sizeable
  • spacious
  • splendidly
  • staggering
  • stupendous
  • substantial
  • sumptuously
  • super
  • super-duper
  • supersized
  • sweeping
  • thick
  • thumping
  • tidy
  • titanic
  • tremendous
  • vast
  • vasty
  • vogue
  • voguish
  • voluminous
  • walloping
  • wanted
  • wantonly
  • wastefully
  • wealthily
  • well-known
  • whacking
  • whopping
  • wide

lavishly

  • affably
  • affluently
  • altruistically
  • amiably
  • amply
  • beneficently
  • benevolently
  • bigheartedly
  • bounteously
  • bountifully
  • charitably
  • cheerfully
  • cheerily
  • comfortably
  • congenially
  • considerately
  • cordially
  • courteously
  • expensively
  • extravagantly
  • fatly
  • fine
  • foolishly
  • freehandedly
  • freeheartedly
  • friendlily
  • generously
  • genially
  • good-heartedly
  • good-naturedly
  • graciously
  • grandiosely
  • grandly
  • greatly
  • handsomely
  • high
  • hospitably
  • humanely
  • immoderately
  • imposingly
  • impressively
  • indulgently
  • intemperately
  • kindheartedly
  • kindly
  • large
  • liberally
  • luxuriously
  • magnanimously
  • magnificently
  • munificently
  • nicely
  • openhandedly
  • opulently
  • ostentatiously
  • palatially
  • philanthropically
  • plentifully
  • plushly
  • pompously
  • pretentiously
  • prodigally
  • reasonably
  • richly
  • selflessly
  • splendidly
  • sumptuously
  • sweetly
  • thoughtfully
  • ungrudgingly
  • unselfishly
  • unstintingly
  • wantonly
  • wastefully
  • wealthily
  • well

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