lovemaking

1 sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis does not allow her young daughter to watch any films in which lovemaking is shown, however discreetly Synonyms coition, coitus, commerce, congress, copulating, copulation, coupling, intercourse, sexual intercourse, mating, relations, sex, sex act, sexual relationsRelated Words fornication; safe sex; carnality, sexuality; breeding, insemination; dalliance, hanky-panky, whoopee

2 the series of social engagements shared by a couple looking to get married a series of Rococo paintings in which the lovemaking of French aristocrats is depicted with erotic playfulness Synonyms courting, dating, courtship, suitRelated Words suit, wooing; affair (also affaire), love affair, romance; betrothal, engagement