sexual
Involving physical intimacy
Sexual relates to sex in its two main senses: the biological distinction between male and female, and physical intimacy.
Sexual reproduction involves combining genetic material from two parents.
Sexual attraction is desire for physical contact with another person.
Sexual harassment and sexual assault describe unwanted advances or contact.
The word covers anatomy, behavior, identity, and orientation: sexual organs, sexual activity, sexual identity.
Sexually stimulating
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
- steamyHot, moist, or erotic
- sensualOf bodily pleasure
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
seductive · risqué · salacious · racy · bawdy · ribald · titillating · lewd
Innate erotic drive
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- urgeStrong inner drive
- cravingPowerful urge to have
yearning · appetite · fantasy · attraction · horniness · passion · drive · impulse
Gentle loving touch
- embraceHold closely in arms
- kissTouch with lips
- fondlingAffectionate tactile contact
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
touch · cuddle · snuggle · nuzzle · tenderness · closeness · affection · sensuality
Sexual joining of bodies
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
- penetrationEntry into something
- consummationFinal completion or achievement
- lovemakingSexual intercourse between partners
fornication · mating · insemination · conjugal · carnal · coital · mount · mate
Capacity for reproduction
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- spermMale reproductive cell
egg · insemination · pregnancy · contraception · menstruation · puberty · hormones · testosterone
erotic
Sexually stimulating
provocative · seductive · risqué · salacious · racy · bawdy · ribald · titillating · lewd · indecent
libido
Innate erotic drive
craving · yearning · appetite · fantasy · attraction · horniness · passion · drive · impulse · infatuation
caress
Gentle loving touch
foreplay · touch · cuddle · snuggle · nuzzle · tenderness · closeness · affection · sensuality · passion
coitus
Sexual joining of bodies
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
- penetrationEntry into something
- consummationFinal completion or achievement
lovemaking · fornication · mating · insemination · conjugal · carnal · coital · mount · mate · seduce
fertility
Capacity for reproduction
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
sperm · egg · insemination · pregnancy · contraception · menstruation · puberty · hormones · testosterone · estrogen
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- diversidadcultural, racial
- Life Traitsmetabolism, reproduction, growth rate, respiration, heredity
sexualasexual
Without erotic attraction
vegetative · fissiparous · clonal · budding · vegetal
sexualasexual
Without erotic attraction
sexless · neuter · nonsexual · genderless · androgynous
- sexual devianceAtypical erotic interests
- sexual harassmentUnwelcome sexual behavior creating hostility
- sexual taboosForbidden intimate practices
- sexual assaultForced sexual contact crime
- sexual orientationAttraction pattern by gender
- sexual addictionCompulsive erotic behavior disorder
pansexual, sexuality, bisexual, sexual cannibalism, homosexual, asexual, sexually, heterosexual, bisexuality