Thesaurus:copulation

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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

Further reading

“sexuality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“coitus” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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