wantonness

The word “wantonness” has 3 syllables: wan-ton-ness

It's pronounced as /ˈwɒntənnəs/


What is synonym and antonym for wantonness?

In the thesaurus, “wantonness” has 119 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for wantonness

Antonyms for wantonness

  • appropriateness
  • benignity
  • charitableness
  • clemency
  • compassion
  • correctness
  • decency
  • decorousness
  • decorum
  • fitness
  • good-heartedness
  • humaneness
  • humanity
  • kindheartedness
  • kindness
  • leniency
  • mercifulness
  • mercy
  • perfection
  • pity
  • priggery
  • priggishness
  • primness
  • prudery
  • prudishness
  • puritanism
  • purity
  • seemliness
  • spotlessness
  • suitability
  • suitableness
  • sympathy
  • tenderheartedness
  • tenderness
  • warmheartedness
  • warmness
  • warmth

Example Sentences

  • The wantonness of the vandals shocked the entire community.
  • Critics condemned the film for its wantonness and lack of moral restraint.
  • Her actions were driven by pure wantonness, with no regard for the consequences.
  • The wantonness of his spending habits led him into deep debt.
  • The historical account highlighted the wantonness of the invaders during the conquest.

On this page you'll find 156 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wantonness, such as: abandonment, abusiveness, appropriateness, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness.

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

Related Words

abandon

abandonment

barbarity

barbarousness

  • atrociousness
  • atrocity
  • barbarity
  • bloodlust
  • bloodthirstiness
  • brutality
  • cattiness
  • cruelness
  • cruelty
  • depravity
  • despitefulness
  • enormity
  • evilness
  • fellness
  • ferociousness
  • ferocity
  • fiendishness
  • fierceness
  • grimness
  • hard-heartedness
  • hardhandedness
  • harshness
  • hatefulness
  • heartlessness
  • heavy-handedness
  • heinousness
  • horror
  • inhumanity
  • inhumanness
  • malevolence
  • maliciousness
  • malignity
  • meanness
  • mercilessness
  • monstrousness
  • murderousness
  • nastiness
  • nefariousness
  • oppressiveness
  • pitilessness
  • ruthlessness
  • sadism
  • sanguineness
  • sanguinity
  • savageness
  • savagery
  • shockingness
  • spitefulness
  • truculence
  • unfeelingness
  • viciousness
  • vileness
  • villianousness
  • wantonness
  • wickedness

dalliance

  • a little on the side
  • affair
  • amorous play
  • amusement
  • binge
  • buffoonery
  • carrying-on
  • dabbling
  • delay
  • delaying
  • delight
  • devilment
  • devilry
  • deviltry
  • dilly-dallying
  • diversion
  • enjoyment
  • entertainment
  • fling
  • fooling around
  • friskiness
  • frittering
  • frivoling
  • frolic
  • frolicking
  • fun
  • fun and games
  • gamboling
  • gambolling
  • hanky-panky
  • high jinks
  • hijinks
  • hilarity
  • hob
  • hobby
  • hobbyhorse
  • horseplay
  • idling
  • impishness
  • jinks
  • kick
  • knavery
  • lark
  • loafing
  • loitering
  • merriment
  • merrymaking
  • messing around
  • mischief
  • mischievousness
  • pastime
  • play
  • playfulness
  • playing
  • pleasance
  • pleasure
  • poking
  • procrastinating
  • procrastination
  • puttering
  • rascality
  • recreation
  • relationship
  • relaxation
  • revel
  • revelry
  • roguishness
  • rollick
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • seduction
  • sport
  • sportiveness
  • spree
  • tomfoolery
  • toying
  • trifling
  • waggery
  • wantonness
  • whoopee
  • working late at office

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