carnalEnglishOxford American Thesauruscarnal adjective the carnal desires of the flesh: sexual, sensual, erotic, lustful, lascivious, libidinous, lecherous, licentious, lewd, prurient, salacious, coarse, gross, lubricious, venereal; physical, bodily, corporeal, fleshly, animal; informal sexy. ▷antonyms spiritual.