love-making
Physical romantic connection
Love-making is sexual activity, especially intercourse, typically implying intimacy or tenderness between partners rather than casual sex: They spent the afternoon in love-making.
The hyphenated form is slightly old-fashioned; *lovemaking* as one word is now more common.
Sharing a bed, intimately
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- couplingJoint between systems
- relationsConnections or dealings
- coitusSexual joining of bodies
intercourse · consummation · carnal knowledge · union · intimacy · making whoopee · hanky-panky
State of proximity
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- embraceHold closely in arms
- caressGentle loving touch
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
warmth · touch · pillow talk · afterglow · vulnerability · skin · connection · whisper
sleeping together
Sharing a bed, intimately
coitus · intercourse · consummation · carnal knowledge · union · intimacy · making whoopee · hanky-panky
closeness
State of proximity
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- embraceHold closely in arms
- caressGentle loving touch
affection · warmth · touch · pillow talk · afterglow · vulnerability · skin · connection · whisper · nakedness
desire
Intense wanting
heat · yearning · climax · fervor · carnality · libido · appetite · longing · urgency · intensity
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- candlelightLuminescence from burning wick
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
tryst · rendezvous · honeymoon · boudoir · lingerie · roses · champagne · music · evening · mood
love-makingcelibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
abstinence · chastity · sexual abstinence · virginity · continence
love-makingrejection
Denial of acceptance
coldness · emotional distance · estrangement · physical violence · fighting
love-makingfucking
Obscene emphatic modifier
casual sex · one-night stand · hooking up · prostitution · rutting