Synonyms for intercourse
- noun
- verb
All synonyms
Noun
1. Coitus — sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection
coitus formal, intimacy, copulation, love-making, sexual intercourse, sexual congress, sex, coition, sex act, vaginal sex, sexual relation, sexual union, acquaintance, communication, communion, connection, mating, converse, correspondence, fellowship, relation, society
Other
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.
- v. 1
To have sexual intercourse.
Related words
- Word family
- intercourser
- Phrases
- sexual intercourse anal intercourse
Forms
- Plural
- intercourses → coituses, intimacies, copulations, sexes…
- Past participle
- intercoursed
e.g. intercoursed → fornicated…
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There may be intercourse without conversation, as by looks, signs, etc.; communion is of hearts, with or without words; communication is often by writing, and may be uninvited and unreciprocated.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- intimacy Yanni and Skura want to have moments of intimacy.
- copulation The female mantis devours the male after copulation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intercourse | steady | |
| intimacy | rising | |
| copulation | falling | |
| intercommunication | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sex1
- 5 letters
- truck1
- 6 letters
- mating2, coitus2
- 7 letters
- society4, coition
- 8 letters
- relation3, intimacy4, converse2
- 9 letters
- communion3, fornicate
- 10 letters
- connection3, fellowship3, copulation
- 12 letters
- acquaintance3
- 13 letters
- communication5
- 14 letters
- correspondence4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mating2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- relation sexuelle