having sex
Making love together
Having sex is engaging in sexual activity with another person, typically intercourse.
The phrase is deliberately vague about specifics—it can cover penetrative sex, oral sex, or other intimate acts: Are they having sex?
We had sex for the first time.
The construction treats sex as something you have rather than do, like having dinner or having a conversation.
- making loveSexual intercourse between partners
- coitusSexual joining of bodies
- in the bedroomWithin sleeping quarters
- fornicateSexual intercourse, unmarried
- screwingTurning threaded metal in
carnal knowledge · doing it · getting busy · getting laid · intimacy · hookup · one night stand · friends with benefits · mating · banging · hooking up · Netflix and chill · fucking · bumping uglies · roll in the hay · sleeping together · fooling around · afternoon delight
having sexabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · abstaining · chastity · sexual abstinence · refraining
having sexcuddling
Affectionate close holding
holding hands · emotional intimacy · platonic love · companionship · friendship
sex, bedding, intercourse, lovemaking, copulation, procreation, fornication