LOCKER-ROOM Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

locker-room

adjective

ˈlä-kər-ˌrüm

Definition of locker-room

as in vulgar

depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society keep your locker-room talk for your fraternity brothers

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Recent Examples of locker-room In Sabalenka’s hands, the bag read less like a locker-room carryall and more like a direct extension of tunnel dressing, now moved past the tunnel and onto the playing surface. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 8 May 2026 Officials have not said how many students are involved, including how many transgender students have sought accommodations related to bathroom or locker-room access and how many students have complained about such accommodations. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026 More than a decade after a locker-room recording scandal rocked Towson University’s swimming program, two former athletes say the school is reopening old wounds by bringing back the family at the center of the controversy. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2026 While Edwards has taken strides as a leader, the Wolves said goodbye to Mike Conley, Kyle Anderson and Joe Ingles this offseason, three of their most important locker-room voices. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for locker-room

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Adjective

Sean Goode, a former Canton police sergeant who was working the night of John O'Keefe's death and testified during the first Karen Read trial, allegedly sent dozens of vulgar text messages, according to an independent investigation.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Others were removed early on for vulgar or inappropriate comments, according to a PGA Tour source with knowledge of the events, with five spectators in total ejected from the tournament with six holes to go.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Definition of vulgar

Adjective

Gibson asked for pornographic images of the minor, and sent photos of himself, according to court documents.

— Kendrick Calfee June 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
While Washington drags its feet, kids across the nation are being exposed to vile, pornographic images and ads with no meaningful safeguards to prevent it.

— Rachel del Guidice, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

Definition of pornographic

Adjective

Counterculture Yippies would turn up at a 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears show at Madison Square Garden, carrying obscene banners outside and dumping manure by the front gate.

— Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Yippies would turn up at a 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears show at Madison Square Garden, carrying obscene banners outside and dumping manure by the front gate.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026

Definition of obscene

Adjective

Human remains were found in the chimney of a public school in Queens, New York, on Tuesday morning while officials were investigating a foul odor, according to police.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
While some of the Dutch pleaded for a foul, Gakpo raced in to score on the rebound.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026

Definition of foul

Adjective

Including some rather nasty, big corpo bullies who enlist specialist teams to hunt down clues, and other players, too.

— Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 July 2026
Betty Kovacs, the eldest daughter of comedian Ernie Kovacs who with her sister Kippie and stepmother, actress-singer Edie Adams, was at the center of a nasty custody battle that kept Hollywood riveted in 1962, has died.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026

Definition of nasty

Adjective

Or stands proudly athwart a county that has long demonized it as too dirty, too crime-ridden — in other words, too Latino.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
At the center sits a giant mound of dirty work clothes, and hidden speakers play a nonstop whisper of the laborers’ names.

— Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026

Definition of dirty

Adjective

Margera tried to soothe the pain by submerging his fresh brand in a tub of filthy farm water, which resulted in a life-threatening staph infection that landed him in the hospital.

— Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
Outside the Lineage warehouse Thursday morning, the smell of heavy smoke was already being replaced with that of spoiling food and filthy water.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of filthy

Adjective

Aguirre removed Quiñones in favor or taller options, but Mexico never recovered from the loss of offensive creativity.

— Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The Mets, being one of the worst offensive teams in baseball, don’t often come back from large deficits.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

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