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Licentious vs Excessive - What's the difference?

licentious | excessive | Synonyms |

Licentious is a synonym of excessive.


As adjectives the difference between licentious and excessive

is that licentious is lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct while excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

licentious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct.
  • Disregarding accepted rules.

    • Derived terms

    * licentiousness

    See also

    * incontinent

    excessive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
    • "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * insufficient * deficient

    Derived terms

    * excessive number

    Related terms

    * exceed * excess