Thesaurus:copulation
THESAURUS | coitus |
English
Synonyms
Formal terms:
- carnal knowledge
- coitus
- coition
- commerce (obsolete)
- commixtion (obsolete)
- compression
- congress
- conjunction (obsolete)
- connection [WS]
- consummation
- copulation
- coupling
- intimacy
- intimate relations
- intromission
- joining
- lovemaking
- lustmaking
- marital embrace
- mating
- mounting (usually for animals)
- pareunia (medical)
- penetration
- relations
- sexual congress
- sexual intercourse [WS]
- sexual relation
- sexual union
- swiving
- union
Euphemisms:
- the beast with two backs
- the birds and the bees
- chesterfield rugby (Canada)
- horizontal dancing
- horizontal hula
- horizontal jogging
- horizontal mambo
- horizontal refreshments
- how's your father (UK)
- Netflix and chill
- roll in the hay
- Ugandan discussions (UK)
Slang, mostly vulgar:
- action [WS]
- ass
- bang [WS]
- barney-mugging (dated, US)
- beef injection
- bonking
- cuntfuck
- fucking
- frig
- hot beef injection
- hump
- humpa humpa
- lay
- nookie
- plow
- plough
- poontang
- ride
- root
- rumpy-pumpy
- seeing-to
- sexy time (humorous)
- sexy times (humorous)
- screw
- screwing
- shag
- skin
- snu snu (humorous)
- trim
Ambiguous Synonyms
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.
- hanky panky
- funny business
- how's your father
- making whoopee
- jiggery-pokery
- monkey business
- fooling about
- fooling around
- playing around
Antonyms
- abstinence
Hypernyms
- sexual activity [WS]
Hyponyms
- fornication
- quickie
Meronyms
- ejaculation [WS]
- orgasm [WS]
See also
- Thesaurus:copulate
- Thesaurus:flirt
- Thesaurus:courtship
- Thesaurus:masturbate
Further reading
- “sexuality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “coitus” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.