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.

suggestive

erotic

Sexually stimulating

provocative · seductive · risqué · salacious · racy · bawdy · ribald · titillating · lewd · indecent

desire

libido

Innate erotic drive

  • lustIntense carnal appetite
  • arousalStirring to heightened state
  • urgeStrong inner drive

craving · yearning · appetite · fantasy · attraction · horniness · passion · drive · impulse · infatuation

intimacy

caress

Gentle loving touch

foreplay · touch · cuddle · snuggle · nuzzle · tenderness · closeness · affection · sensuality · passion

intercourse

coitus

Sexual joining of bodies

lovemaking · fornication · mating · insemination · conjugal · carnal · coital · mount · mate · seduce

reproductive

fertility

Capacity for reproduction

sperm · egg · insemination · pregnancy · contraception · menstruation · puberty · hormones · testosterone · estrogen

Categories
Opposites
nature of attraction/relationship

sexualplatonic

Friendly without romance

nonsexual · asexual · chaste · celibate · sexless

reproductive mode

sexualasexual

Without erotic attraction

vegetative · fissiparous · clonal · budding · vegetal

bodily/physical character

sexualasexual

Without erotic attraction

sexless · neuter · nonsexual · genderless · androgynous

Phrases
Family

pansexual, sexuality, bisexual, sexual cannibalism, homosexual, asexual, sexually, heterosexual, bisexuality

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