Do you have a condom?
Source: tatoeba (1613)
Condom
/ˈkɑn.dəm/
Synonyms for "condom" (14 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: prophylactic, rubber, bag, barrier contraceptive, birth control device.
- Sentence evidence is available for condom, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, wiktionary, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "condom".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "condom"
Keep "condom" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "condom" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "condom", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "condom" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesbarrier methodbirth control devicecontraceptivecontraceptive devicepreventativepreventiveprophylactic device
More specific
2 entriesfemale condommale condom
Collocations
6 entriescondom effectivenesscondom usefemale condomlatex condommale condompolyurethane condom
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
216 translations across 101 languages.
Afar
1 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Afrikaans
1 entries- kondoom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Albanian
1 entries- prezervativ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Arabic
4 entries- جلدة noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- عَازِل ذَكَرِيّ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- عَازِل طِبِّيّ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- كاندوم noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Armenian
2 entries- գանդոն noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- պահպանակ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Asturian
2 entries- condón noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preservativu noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- prezervativ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Basque
2 entries- kondoi noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preserbatibo noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Belarusian
3 entries- кандо́м noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- начэ́пнік noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- прэзерваты́ў noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Bengali
1 entries- কন্ডম noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Breton
2 entries- stevell noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- tog noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кондо́м noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- презервати́в noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Burmese
1 entries- ကွန်ဒုံး noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Catalan
3 entries- condom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- condó noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preservatiu noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Cebuano
1 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Chinese
3 entries- sak-khuh noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- sak-khù noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- 保險套 /保险套 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 套 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- 如意套 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- 安全套 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- 避孕套 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 保險套 /保险套 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- 套兒 /套儿 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- 套套 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- 如意套 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Cornish
1 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Czech
2 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- prezervativ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Danish
2 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- præservativ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Dutch
3 entries- capotje noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- condoom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- regenjasje noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Elfdalian
1 entries- tjytågummi noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Esperanto
3 entries- kondomo noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- penisingo noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preventilo noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Estonian
4 entries- kantoss noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- kondoom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- kumm noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preservatiiv noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Faroese
1 entries- hít noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Finnish
4 entries- kondomi noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- kortsu noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- kumi noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- spärdäri noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
French
4 entries- capote noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- capote anglaise noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- condom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- préservatif noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Galician
3 entries- condón noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preservativo noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- profiláctico noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Georgian
2 entries- განდონი noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- პრეზერვატივი noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
German
4 entries- Ficktüte noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- Fuffzicher noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- Gummi noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- Kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Greek
1 entries- προφυλακτικό noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Greenlandic
2 entries- kondomi noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- usuup-puua noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Gujarati
1 entries- નિરોધ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Hebrew
2 entries- כּוֹבָעוֹן noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- קוֹנְדּוֹם noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Hindi
2 entries- कंडोम noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- निरोध noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Hungarian
4 entries- gumi noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- koton noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- óvszer noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Icelandic
1 entries- smokkur noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Indonesian
1 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Interlingua
2 entries- condom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preservativo noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Irish
1 entries- coiscín noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Italian
4 entries- condom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- goldone noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preservativo noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- profilattico noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Japanese
1 entries- コンドーム noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Kalmyk
1 entries- белгвч noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕಾಂಡಮ್ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Kashmiri
2 entries- کونڈَم noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- कंडोम noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Kashubian
1 entries- prezerwatiwa noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Kazakh
2 entries- мүшеқап noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- үрпекқап noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Khmer
3 entries- ស្រោមក្ត noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- ស្រោមអនាម័យ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- អាវភ្លៀង noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Korean
2 entries- 고무주머니 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- 콘돔 noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- презерватив noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Lao
1 entries- ຖົງຢາງ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Latvian
1 entries- prezervatīvs noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Lithuanian
1 entries- prezervatyvas noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Macedonian
4 entries- кондо́м noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- курто́н noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- накурник noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- презервати́в noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Malay
1 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഉറ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- ഗർഭനിരോധന ഉറ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Maltese
1 entries- kondo noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Marathi
2 entries- कॉन्डोम noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- निरोध noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Mongolian
1 entries- бэлгэвч noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Māori
1 entries- pūkoro ure noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Navajo
1 entries- akááʼ ałtsoozígíí noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Norman
1 entries- capote noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Northern Sami
2 entries- gumme noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- kondoma noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Norwegian
2 entries- gummi noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Occitan
2 entries- condòm noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preservatiu noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Ojibwe
1 entries- biindaʼoojigan noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Persian
2 entries- کاندوم noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- کاپوت noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Polish
2 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- prezerwatywa noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Portuguese
4 entries- camisa de vênus noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- camisinha noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- capa noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- jeito noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਨਿਰੋਧ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Romanian
1 entries- prezervativ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Romansch
2 entries- condom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preservativ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Russian
4 entries- гондо́н noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- кондо́м noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- презервати́в noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- резинка noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gòldūn noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- kòndōm noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- prezervàtīv noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- го̀лдӯн noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Sicilian
1 entries- prisirvativu noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Slovak
2 entries- kondóm noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- prezervatív noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Slovene
2 entries- kondọ̑m noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- prezervativ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Spanish
4 entries- condón noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- forro noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- goma noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- preservativo noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Swahili
1 entries- kondomu noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Swedish
1 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Tagalog
1 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Tajik
1 entries- презерватив noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Tamil
1 entries- ஆணுறை noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Telugu
3 entries- కండోం noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- తొడుగు noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- నిరోధ్ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Thai
2 entries- ถุงยาง noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- ถุงยางอนามัย noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྲུང་ཤུབས noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Turkish
2 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- prezervatif noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Turkmen
1 entries- prezerwatiw noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кондо́м noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- презервати́в noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- kondom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- prezerwatiw noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Urdu
1 entries- کنڈوم noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Uzbek
1 entries- prezervativ noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Venetan
1 entries- goldon noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bao cao su noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- bao dương vật noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- túi cao su noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- áo mưa noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Volapük
1 entries- tagrodaslivil noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Walloon
3 entries- cabounete noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- capote noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- capote inglesse noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Welsh
2 entries- condom noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- sach ddyrnu noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאַנדאַם noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Zhuang
2 entries- biyindau noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
- dauqancienz noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Zulu
1 entries- ikhondomu noun (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Giggling with embarrassment, she held out the condom.
Source: tatoeba (327963)
Ah, now I remember. I used a condom; something I rarely, or rather practically never, do.
Source: tatoeba (328691)
You used a condom for birth control, right?
Source: tatoeba (329429)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "condom"?
Closest matches include prophylactic, rubber, bag, barrier contraceptive, birth control device.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "condom"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.