Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Sexuality (human)

Nouns
  • sex, sexuality, gender
  • male, masculinity, maleness etc. Man
  • female, femininity etc. Woman. sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex
  • lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union
  • sleeping together, carnal knowledge. sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence
  • hots, horns [Coll.]
  • arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus
  • tumescence
  • erection, hard-on, boner. masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self-abuse. orgasm, climax, ejaculation. sexiness, attractiveness
  • sensuality, voluptuousness. [sexual intercourse outside of marriage] fornication, adultery. [person who is sexy] sex symbol, sex goddess
  • stud, hunk. one-night stand. pornography, porn, porno
  • hardcore pornography, softcore pornography
  • pin-up, cheesecake
  • beefcake
  • [magazines with sexual photos], Playboy, Esquire, Hustler. [unorthodox sexual activity] perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality
  • fetish, fetishism
  • homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality
  • sodomy, buggery
  • pederasty
  • sadism. masochism, sado-masochism
  • incest.
Verbs
  • mate, copulate
  • make love, have intercourse, fornicate, have sex, do it, sleep together, fuck [Vulg.]
  • sleep around, play the field. masturbate, jerk off [Coll.], jack off [Coll.], play with oneself. have the hots [Coll.]
  • become aroused, get hot
  • have an erection, get it up. come, climax, ejaculate.
Adjectives
  • sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual. hot, horny, randy, rutting
  • passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous
  • up, in the mood. homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.