Thesaurus:copulation
(Redirected from Thesaurus:sexual intercourse)
English edit
Noun edit
Sense: insertion of the penis into the vagina, culminating in ejaculation of semen edit
Synonyms edit
Formal terms:
- aphrodisia (archaic)
- carnal knowledge
- coitus
- coition
- commerce (obsolete)
- commixtion (obsolete)
- congress (dated)
- conjunction (obsolete)
- connection [⇒ thesaurus]
- consummation
- conversation (archaic)
- copulation
- coupling
- intercourse
- intimacy
- intimate relations
- intromission
- joining
- lovemaking
- lustmaking
- marital embrace
- mating
- mounting (usually for animals)
- pareunia (medical)
- penetration
- relations
- sex
- sexual congress
- sexual intercourse [⇒ thesaurus]
- sexual relation
- sexual union
- swiving
- union
Euphemisms:
- the beast with two backs
- the birds and the bees
- boom-boom
- chesterfield rugby (Canada)
- horizontal dancing
- horizontal hula
- horizontal jogging
- horizontal mambo
- horizontal refreshments
- how's your father (UK)
- Netflix and chill
- love [⇒ thesaurus]
- roll in the hay
- Ugandan affairs (UK)
- Ugandan discussions (UK)
Slang, mostly vulgar:
- action [⇒ thesaurus]
- ass
- bang [⇒ thesaurus]
- barney-mugging (dated, US)
- beef injection
- bonking
- cuntfuck
- fucking
- frig
- fucky-fucky
- hot beef injection
- hump
- humpa humpa
- jig-jig (chiefly pidgin)
- jiggy-jiggy
- lay
- legover
- meat injection
- nookie
- old hat (archaic, rare)
- pipe
- plow
- plough
- poon
- poontang
- punani
- pussy
- ride
- root
- rumpo
- rumpy-pumpy
- seeing-to
- sexy time (humorous)
- sexy times (humorous)
- screw
- screwing
- shag
- skin
- snu snu (humorous)
- tang
- trim
Ambiguous Synonyms edit
The following phrases are sometimes used to ambiguously imply "sexual intercourse", while in general being used to describe foolery. The use is usually deliberately not specific.
Antonyms edit
Hypernyms edit
- sexual activity [⇒ thesaurus]
Hyponyms edit
Meronyms edit
See also edit
- Thesaurus:copulate
- Thesaurus:flirt
- Thesaurus:courtship
- Thesaurus:masturbate
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class III § 374a. Sexuality
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 43. Junction
Further reading edit
- “coitus” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.