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intercourse

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of intercourse

1 doings between individuals or groups

  • the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd
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

  • intercourse is one of ways by which the disease is commonly spread
Synonyms of intercourse

coition, coitus, commerce, congress, copulating, copulation, coupling, lovemaking, mating, relations, sex, sex act, sexual intercourse, sexual relations
Words Related to intercourse

fornication

safe sex

carnality, sexuality

breeding, insemination

dalliance, hanky-panky, whoopee
Phrases Synonymous with intercourse

getting it on, making love

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