Synonyms and antonyms of Relating or referring to sex and sexual activity in American Thesaurus

sexual (adjective)

involving or relating to sex

romantic (adjective)

involving love and sex

animal (adjective)

relating to people’s basic physical needs such as food and sex

indecent (adjective)

offensive or shocking, especially in a sexual way

obscene (adjective)

offensive in a sexual way

sensual (adjective)

relating to or providing physical pleasure, especially sexual pleasure

amorous (adjective)

relating to or involving sexual love

intimate (adjective)

formal relating to sex or to a sexual relationship

suggestive (adjective)

making you think of sex

vulgar (adjective)

a vulgar joke, comment, action, etc. has a sexual meaning that is considered rude or offensive

the age of consent (noun)

the age that you have to be before you can legally agree to have sex

amatory (adjective)

literary expressing romantic or sexual feelings

barnyard (adjective)

Americaninformal used for describing something such as humor that is unpleasant, often because it contains rude words or refers to sex

bawdy (adjective)

referring to sex in a humorous way

blue (adjective)

informal old-fashioned dealing with sex in a way that some people find offensive

carnal (adjective)

mainly literary relating to or involving sex or the body

coital (adjective)

formal relating to the act of having sex

earthy (adjective)

showing an attitude to sex and the human body that is honest, direct, and sometimes considered not very polite

erogenous zone (noun)

an area of your body that makes you sexually excited when it is touched

explicit (adjective)

showing or describing sex or violence with a lot of detail

explicitly (adverb)

in a way that shows or describes sex or violence with a lot of detail

filthy (adjective)

informal very offensive, usually because of dealing with sex in an unpleasant way

fruity (adjective)

Britishinformal dealing with sex in a humorous or slightly shocking way

good/bad in bed ()

good/bad as a sexual partner

hot (adjective)

informal involving sexual feelings or images

immodest (adjective)

immodest behavior may shock people because it involves or refers to sex

immodest (adjective)

immodest clothing may shock people because it shows parts of the body that are usually covered

impotent (adjective)

a man who is impotent cannot have sex because his penis does not stay hard

improper (adjective)

used about things that people find embarrassing or offensive because they involve sex

in the bedroom ()

used for referring to sex when you do not want to say it directly

in the throes of something ()

if someone is in the throes of passion, they are having sex

lechery (noun)

lecherous behavior

lewd (adjective)

referring to sex in a rude or unpleasant way

naughty (adjective)

Britishinformal a naughty joke, picture, or postcard is sexual in a rude but funny way

nudge, nudge, wink, wink ()

used as a way of saying indirectly that something involves sex

obscenely (adverb)

in a sexually offensive way

orgasmic (adjective)

medical connected with orgasm

physical (adjective)

used about sexual activity

potent (adjective)

if a man is potent, he has the physical ability to have sex

prurient (adjective)

formal involving sex in an unpleasant way

risqué (adjective)

likely to offend some people, especially by referring to sex

salty (adjective)

old-fashioned clever and funny, especially when involving humor relating to sex

saucy (adjective)

saucy pictures, jokes, etc. refer to sex in a way that is funny

sensual (adjective)

suggesting physical pleasure, especially sexual pleasure

sex (noun)

relating to or involving sexual activity

sexuality (noun)

sexual feelings, attitudes, and activities

smutty (adjective)

smutty jokes, stories, or pictures are about sex. This word shows that you do not approve of these things.

so to speak ()

used when you have just said something that seems to refer to sex because it can have two meanings

spicy (adjective)

informal a spicy joke, story, movie, etc. involves sex