mating
noun
1 mating
The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes:
— The mating of some species occurs only in the spring.
synonyms: conjugation, coupling, pairing, sexual union, union.
Roget 374a:
sex,
sexuality,
gender;
male,
masculinity,
maleness
etc.
373;
female,
femininity
etc.
374.
sexual intercourse,
copulation,
mating,
coitus,
sex;
lovemaking,
marital relations,
sexual union;
sleeping together,
carnal knowledge.
sex instinct,
sex drive,
libido,
lust,
concupiscence;
hots,
horns [Coll.];
arousal,
heat,
rut,
estrus,
oestrus;
tumescence;
erection,
hard-on,
boner.
masturbation,
self-gratification,
autoeroticism,
onanism,
self-abuse.
orgasm,
climax,
ejaculation.
sexiness,
attractiveness;
sensuality,
voluptuousness.
[sexual intercourse outside of marriage]
fornication,
adultery.
[person who is sexy]
sex symbol,
sex goddess;
stud,
hunk.
one-night stand.
pornography,
porn,
porno;
hardcore pornography,
softcore pornography;
pin-up,
cheesecake;
beefcake;
[magazines with sexual photos],
Playboy,
Esquire,
Hustler.
[unorthodox sexual activity]
perversion,
deviation,
sexual abnormality;
fetish,
fetishism;
homosexuality,
lesbianism,
bisexuality;
sodomy,
buggery;
pederasty;
sadism.
masochism,
sado-masochism;
incest.
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Dutch: koppeling
Polish: koniugacyjka
Moby thesaurus: act of love, adultery, aphrodisia, ass, balling, carnal knowledge, climax, cohabitation, coition, coitus, coitus interruptus, commerce, congress, connection, copula, copulation, coupling, diddling, fornication, intercourse, intimacy, lovemaking, making it with, marital relations, marriage act, meat, onanism, orgasm, ovum, pareunia, procreation, relations, screwing, sex, sex act, sexual climax, sexual commerce, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relations, sexual union, sleeping with, sperm, venery ... show more.
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