sexuality [human]

Roget category 374a

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.1. Vitality

#374a. Sexuality [human]

noun

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.

verb

mate, copulate — make love, have intercourse, fornicate, have sex, do it, sleep together, fuck [Vulg.] — sleep around, play the field.
masturbate, jerk off [Coll.], jack off [Coll.], play with oneself.
have the hots [Coll.] — become aroused, get hot — have an erection, get it up.
come, climax, ejaculate.

adjective

sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual.
hot, horny, randy, rutting — passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous — up, in the mood.
homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.

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