Synonyms of copulate

copulate

verb

ˈkä-pyə-ˌlāt 

as in to sleep

to engage in sexual intercourse

the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sleep
• mate
• breed
• do it
• have sex
• fornicate
• fool around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of copulate

Maybe she is beset by need to copulate, by the desire of the eggs inside her for their own plot of land. — María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026

In November 1995, Funston took a 5-year-old boy into some bushes, pulled down his pants and orally copulated him, prosecutors said. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026

After copulating, the two males lay immobile on the seafloor as the female swam away. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025

These guppies also attempted to sneakily copulate with the females more often. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025