Sex

//sɛks//

Synonyms for "sex" (203 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (41)

Strong matches (61)

Related words (101)

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23 relation types

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24 entries

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More specific

9 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

17 entries

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at location

4 entries

capable of

13 entries

causes

9 entries

causes desire

6 entries

coordinate

1 entries

dbpedia genre

1 entries

derived

444 entries

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

form of

1 entries

has a

3 entries

has context

5 entries

has property

12 entries

is a

22 entries

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manner of

1 entries

not has_property

1 entries

part of

4 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

43 entries

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used for

9 entries

Translations

364 translations across 101 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • geslag noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Albanian

2 entries
  • gjini noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • βίνος noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • λαγνεία noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • πορνοκοπία noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • ἀφροδίσια noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَسَافُد noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • جِمَاع noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • جِنْس noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • سِكْس noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Armenian

3 entries
  • սեռ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • սեռական հարաբերություն noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • սեքս noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • cins noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • cinsi münasibət noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • qadınlar noun (women)
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • палавы́ акт noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • палавы́я зно́сіны noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • пло́цевы акт noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • плоць noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Bengali

3 entries
  • যৌনসঙ্গম noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • লিঙ্গ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • সেক্স noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • пол noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • полово́ сноше́ние noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • секс noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • съвокупле́ние noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Burmese

2 entries
  • လိင် noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • သံဝါသ noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Catalan

3 entries
  • sexe noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sexe noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • sexar verb (to determine the sex of)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • زایەند noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Chinese

3 entries
  • 性交 noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • 性別 /性别 noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • 相姦 /相奸 noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 性交 noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • 性別 /性别 noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 性交 noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • 性別 /性别 noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲫⲩⲥⲓⲕⲟⲛ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Czech

4 entries
  • pohlavní styk noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • pohlaví noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • sex noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • soulož noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Danish

4 entries
  • erotik noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • køn noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • kønsliv noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • samleje noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geslacht noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • geslachtsgemeenschap noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sekse noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 性別 /性别 noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Esperanto

4 entries
  • amorado noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • amoro noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • fiko noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • koito noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Estonian

3 entries
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sugu noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • suguühe noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Faroese

2 entries
  • kyn noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • kynslív noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Finnish

4 entries
  • seksi noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sukupuoli noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • yhdyntä noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • harrastaa seksiä verb (informal: to have sex (intransitive))

French

4 entries
  • cul noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • rapports sexuels noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sexe noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sexe noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Gagauz

1 entries
  • sex noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Georgian

3 entries
  • სექსი noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • სქესი noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • სქესობრივი აქტი noun (act of sexual intercourse)

German

4 entries
  • Geschlecht noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • Geschlechtsverkehr noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • Sex noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • Sex haben verb (informal: to have sex (intransitive))

Greek

4 entries
  • έρωτας noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • σεξ noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • συνουσία noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • φύλο noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • atoqatigiinneq noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • મૈથુન noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • સેક્સ noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 性別 /性别 noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Hebrew

4 entries
  • יַחֲסֵי מִין noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • מִין noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • מִין noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • סֶקְס noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Hindi

4 entries
  • चुदाई noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • मैथुन noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • लिंग noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • संभोग noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • közösülés noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • nem noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • szex noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • kyn noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • kynlíf noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • kynmök noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • mök noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Ido

2 entries
  • koito noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sexuo noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Igbo

1 entries
  • dinàkọ noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • seksi noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • jenis kelamin noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • seks noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Interlingua

1 entries
  • sexo noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • آمیزِش noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • آمیزِشِ جِنْسی noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • جِماع noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • جِنْس noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Irish

3 entries
  • bualadh craicinn noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • caidreamh collaí noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • gnéas noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Italian

3 entries
  • sesso noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sesso noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • fare sesso verb (informal: to have sex (intransitive))

Japanese

4 entries
  • セックス noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • 性交 noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • 性別 noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • セックスする verb (informal: to have sex with)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • жыныс noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • жыныстық қатынас noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • секс noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • thīh verb (informal: to have sex with)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ការរួមភេទ noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • ជាតិលិង្គ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • លិង្គ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Korean

4 entries
  • 빠구리 noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • 성관계 noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • 성교 noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • жыныс noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • секс noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Lao

4 entries
  • ການຮ່ວມເພດ noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • ປະເວນີ noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • ລິງ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • ເພດ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Latin

2 entries
  • coitus noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sexus noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Latvian

3 entries
  • dzimums noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • sekss noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sekss noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • lytis noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • seksas noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • mylėtis verb (to determine the sex of)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • rod noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Macedonian

4 entries
  • пол noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • полов однос noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • секс noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • сексуа́лен однос noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Malay

2 entries
  • jantina noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • മൈഥുനം noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • ലിംഗം noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • ലൈംഗികബന്ധം noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • സംഭോഗം noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Maltese

2 entries
  • sess noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sess noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Manx

1 entries
  • keintys noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Marathi

3 entries
  • कामजीवन noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • संभोग noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • सेक्स noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • секс noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • хурьцал noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • хүйс noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • ᠬᠤᠷᠢᠴᠠᠯ noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Navajo

1 entries
  • ałjił verb (informal: to have sex with)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • cins noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • cinsiyet noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • cotbûn noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • gan noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • seaksa noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • det annet kjønn noun (women)
  • det smukke kjønn noun (women)
  • det svake kjønn noun (women)
  • kjønn noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • kjønn noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • samlege noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • samleie noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sex noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Old English

3 entries
  • hǣmed noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • leġertēam noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • wīfġemāna noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • جنسیت noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • جِنْس noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • سكس noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Polish

4 entries
  • bara-bara noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • płeć noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • spółkowanie noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • coito noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sexo noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sexo noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • transa noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Romanian

2 entries
  • relații sexuale noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sex noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Russian

4 entries
  • пол noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • полово́е сноше́ние noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • полово́й акт noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • секс noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • gnè noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pȏl noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • seksualni odnos noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • spolni odnos noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • spȏl noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ලිංගික සංසර්ගය noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • seʹkss noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Slovak

4 entries
  • pohlavie noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • pohlavný styk noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sex noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • súlož noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Slovene

3 entries
  • spol noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • spolni odnos noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • séks noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Spanish

4 entries
  • género noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • relaciones sexuales noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sexo noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sexo noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Swahili

2 entries
  • ngono noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • tendo la ndoa noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Swedish

4 entries
  • kön noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • samlag noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • sex noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • ha samlag med verb (informal: to have sex with)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • kantot noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • pagtalik noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • tauhin noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Tahitian

1 entries
  • aira'a noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Tajik

4 entries
  • секс noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • шаҳват noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • ҷинс noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • ҷинсият noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Tamil

4 entries
  • உடலுறவ noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • எனம் noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • பாலுறவு noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • பால் noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Tatar

2 entries
  • коитус noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • җенси якынлык noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Telugu

4 entries
  • మైధునము noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • రతి noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • లింగము noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • సంభోగము noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Thai

4 entries
  • การร่วมเพศ noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • ลิงค์ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • เซ็กส์ noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • เพศ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Tigrinya

2 entries
  • ወሲብ noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • ጾታዊ ርክብ noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cins noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • cinsel ilişki noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • cinsiyet noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • jyns noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • pol noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • лю́бощі noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • секс noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • стате́ві зно́сини noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • стать noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Urdu

3 entries
  • جِنْس noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • سیکْس noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • لِن٘گ noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Uzbek

4 entries
  • jins noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • jinsiy aloqa noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • seks noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • shahvoniy noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • giới tính noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • sự giao cấu noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Welsh

2 entries
  • rhyw noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • rhyw noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 性別 /性别 noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Yao

1 entries
  • cikululu class 7 noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • געשלעכט noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • מין noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • סעקס noun (act of sexual intercourse)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • cınsiyet noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))
  • kelaz noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • mınasebet noun (act of sexual intercourse)
  • nerimakey noun (reproductive/sexual/gender category (female or male))

Sample sentences

47 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He doesn't want you to tell him about your sex life.

Source: tatoeba (1833)

If you raise an eyebrow, it can mean "I want to have sex with you", but also "I find that what you just said is completely idiotic."

Source: tatoeba (1845)

Fifty-two per cent of British women prefer chocolate to sex.

Source: tatoeba (2329)

Now talking about sex is no blushing affair.

Source: tatoeba (241683)

Showing 4 of 47 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.