RANDY Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

randy

adjective

ˈran-dē

Definition of randy

as in passionate

having a strong sexual desire a booze-fueled off-campus party that was rife with randy frat boys hoping to score

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Recent Examples of randy Kruger, who was so much fun as a randy noblewoman in HBO Max’s French-language Dangerous Liaisons riff The Seduction, captures Jess’ neuroses without going full antivax harpy. — Judy Berman, Time, 10 Dec. 2025 McNamara’s screenplays are equally strange and enchanting, but also florid, absurd and randy. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025 Meanwhile, Bull winds up in an unintended liaison with the randy Molasses (Michelle Buteau), which proves unfortunate when Honey unexpectedly bursts in on them. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025 Another member of the household who just happens to be passing by in one of the residence’s many hallways is Nadja, whose attraction to randy Englishmen seems to cross generational boundaries as well. — Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for randy

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Owners Hannah and Brandan Griffin are poets who are passionate about books and the Kansas City artistic community, according to the store’s website.

— Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Macho Cowboy At the top of the pinnacle of power within the telenovela structure is the macho cowboy whose high emotional expressions of jealousy, anger, and confrontation are accepted as passionate acts of strength or romantic gestures.

— Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of passionate

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The streamer is part of Bell Media, and company President Sean Cohan is backing Canadian producers to produce the next Heated Rivalry as Canadian content becomes hot international property.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
The spa is set to open in mid-December and promises to have a range of treatments including massages, facials, and hot/cold therapy.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of hot

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Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Musgraves has been leaning fully into her unabashedly horny era.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of horny

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