X-RATED Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

X-rated

adjective

ˈeks-ˈrā-təd

Definition of X-rated

as in pornographic

dealing in or with explicitly sexual material for his comedy-club performances the stand-up comic's routines are definitely X-rated

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as in obscene

depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society the jerk should have known better than to tell an X-rated joke at a company function

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Recent Examples of X-rated The content of its productions has included legitimate theater, vaudeville, burlesque, striptease, movies (many X-rated), classical music and jazz as well as occasional forays into boxing, bodybuilding and politics. — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025 For the first seven years of the rating system (1969-1975), nearly half of the top films (33 of 70) were R- or X-rated. — Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 26 July 2024 What audiences see are silhouettes engaged in a shadow play of entwined hands and arched backs, sensual but not X-rated. — Rebecca Ritzel, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024 Granted, none of these are X-rated, but one of my concerns is that the intensity of this online relationship has grown quite exponentially in a very short time and could very well lead to actual X-rated. — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024 Keep the red boost light on with your right foot and the Riviera will eventually peak out at 105 mph, although the speedometer is X-rated above 85. — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2023

Recent Examples of Synonyms for X-rated

Adjective

The sheriff’s office said Ahlers had hundreds, and possibly thousands, of pornographic photos and videos of children on his hard drive.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
The employees also sent pornographic magazines with David Steiner’s name to a neighbor’s home and planned to install a GPS device on the couple’s car.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of pornographic

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More than 3,000 shows and a sizable cult following later, The Dark Room has evolved into a choose-your-own-adventure live action video game, presided over by Robertson as its obscene, merciless and incredibly quick-witted host.

— Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
The law is aimed at prohibiting children from obtaining books and movies with obscene content.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026

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