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intercourse

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of intercourse

1 doings between individuals or groups
  • the unspoken rules of social intercourse
Synonyms of intercourse

commerce, dealings, interaction, relation
Words Related to intercourse

interrelationship

cross-fertilization, cross-pollination

companionship, company
Antonyms of intercourse

nonintercourse
2 sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
  • had a discussion with their teenage child about safe intercourse
Synonyms of intercourse

coitus, copulation, lovemaking, relations, sex, sex act, sexual intercourse, sexual relations
Words Related to intercourse

fornication

safe sex

sexuality

breeding, insemination
Phrases Synonymous with intercourse

making love

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