Synonyms of off-color

off-color

adjective

ˈȯf-ˈkə-lər 

variants or off-colored

as in suggestive

hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent

the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suggestive
• spicy
• blue
• bawdy
• obscene
• ribald
• pornographic
• lewd
• racy
• salty
• risqué
• vulgar
• off
• gamy
• gamey
• foul
• crude
• gross
• coarse
• raunchy
• indecent
• earthy
• filthy
• smutty
• lascivious
• unprintable
• barnyard
• prurient
• naughty
• warm
• locker-room
• indelicate
• leering
• coarse-grained
• dirty
• indecorous
• immodest
• X-rated
• unpublishable
• stag
• nasty
• porny
• gutter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• innocuous
• decent
• clean
• inoffensive
• G-rated
• puritanical
• prudish
• nonobscene
• staid
• Victorian
• priggish
• correct
• proper
• prim
• polite
• straitlaced
• genteel
• nice
• decorous
• respectable
• seemly
• straightlaced

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of off-color

Dating etiquette and norms have changed between 1978 and 2024, and just what’s a funny joke and what’s an off-color, off-putting joke, that’s changed in the last 50 years. —Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024

An ode to Arnold Palmer The rally, at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, named for the late champion pro golfer, was a macho and, at times, off-color affair. —Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024

Disappointing surprise that instead of cutting to the traditional camera after In Memoriam, the Emmys brought out Jimmy Kimmel who made an off-color joke about dead people winning something before sharing a few more factoids about the late Bob Newhart. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024

Her sensibility is grounded in sincerity but relies on bawdy, off-color jokes to deflect from empowerment messaging that might otherwise seem square. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024