Antonyms of adj kinky

3 senses of kinky

Sense 1
kinky, perverted -- ((used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices")

INDIRECT (VIA abnormal) -> normal -- (conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events")

Sense 2
crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy -- ((of hair) in small tight curls)

INDIRECT (VIA curly) -> straight -- ((of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky")

Sense 3
far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out -- (informal terms; strikingly unconventional)

INDIRECT (VIA unconventional, unconventional) -> conventional -- (following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address")
INDIRECT (VIA unconventional) -> conventional -- (unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes")

Similarity of adj kinky

3 senses of kinky

Sense 1
kinky, perverted -- ((used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices")
       => abnormal (vs. normal), unnatural -- (not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food")

Sense 2
crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy -- ((of hair) in small tight curls)
       => curly (vs. straight) -- ((of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair")

Sense 3
far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out -- (informal terms; strikingly unconventional)
       => unconventional (vs. conventional) (vs. conventional) -- (not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles")

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