smut
13 synonyms and 0 antonyms for smut, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Sexually explicit or crude material, especially writing, images, or jokes.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
How to use smut
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
a bit of smut
covered in smut
The "crude material" sense is informal and often used self-deprecatingly, e.g. describing racy fan fiction.
Etymology
From Middle English smutten ("to defile, blacken"), related to German Schmutz ("dirt, filth").
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