Full of zest or vigor:
— A racy literary style.

synonym: lively.

Roget 171: strong, energetic, forcible, active; intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk.    rousing, irritation; poignant; virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent; double-edged, double-shotted^†, double-distilled; drastic, escharotic^†; racy etc. (pungent) 392.    potent etc. (powerful) 157; radioactive.    ... show more

Roget 392a: salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny; salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife.    salty, racy (indecent) 961.   

Roget 574: vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive; sensational.    spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing; pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical; sententious.    lofty, elevated, sublime; eloquent; vehement, petulant, impassioned; poetic.    ... show more

Roget 821: feeling etc. v.; sentient; sensuous; sensorial, sensory; emotive, emotional; of feeling, with feeling etc. n.. warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive; keen, keen as a razor; trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic.    impressive, deep, profound, indelible; deep felt, home felt, heartfelt; swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic.    earnest, wistful, eager, breathless; fervent; fervid; gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming; boiling over.    pervading, penetrating, absorbing; rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical; impetuous etc. (excitable) 825.    impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with etc. 82; devoured by; wrought up etc. (excited) 824; struck all of a heap; rapt; in a quiver etc. n.; enraptured etc. 829.    ... show more

Marked by richness and fullness of flavor.

synonyms: full-bodied, rich, robust.

Suggestive of sexual impropriety:
— Racy anecdotes.

synonyms: blue, gamey, gamy, juicy, naughty, risque, spicy.

Roget 392: pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned etc. v.; hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating^†, escharotic^†, meracious^†; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough etc. (sour) 397; unsavory etc. 395.    ... show more

Designed or suitable for competing in a race.

Polish: wyścigowy