intercourse

intercourse

noun

Definition of INTERCOURSE

1

doings between individuals or groups <the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd>

Synonyms commerce, dealings, interaction, intercourse

Related Words interrelationship; cross-fertilization, cross-pollination; companionship, company

Antonyms nonintercourse

2

sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis <intercourse is one of ways by which the disease is commonly spread>

Synonyms coition, coitus, commerce, congress, copulating, copulation, coupling, intercourse, lovemaking, mating, relations, sex, sex act, sexual relations

Related Words fornication; safe sex; carnality, sexuality; breeding, insemination; dalliance, hanky-panky, whoopee