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intercourse
Synonyms and Antonyms of intercourse
1 doings between individuals or groups the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd Synonyms commerce, dealings, interaction, relationRelated Words interrelationship; cross-fertilization, cross-pollination; companionship, companyAntonyms 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, sexual intercourse, lovemaking, mating, relations, sex, sex act, sexual relationsRelated Words fornication; safe sex; carnality, sexuality; breeding, insemination; dalliance, hanky-panky, whoopee
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