Adult
Adult adjective - Dealing in or with explicitly sexual material.
Usage example: an adult magazine
Obscene and adult are semantically related in pornographic topic. In some cases you can use "Obscene" instead an adjective "Adult", when it comes to topics like sexually explicit.
Obscene
Obscene adjective - Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society.
Adult and obscene are semantically related in euphemistic topic. Sometimes you can use "Adult" instead an adjective "Obscene".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Examples of "obscene" material would be child pornography and certain forms of hard-core adult pornography.
Source: Useful Notes / Safe Harbor -
Combined with that, the adult bookstore where Maggie works is being hassled by the authorities, who have confiscated a shipment of "obscene" books at the border, and proprietor Frances and transwoman Judy are both attracted to each other but too timid to do anything about it.
Source: Film / Better Than Chocolate
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Obscene and Adult. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adult/obscene
Adult & Obscene. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/adult/obscene>.
Obscene or Adult. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/adult/obscene.
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