Sexual harassment has now become a social issue.
Source: tatoeba (51336)
Sexual
//sɛk.ʃuː.əl//
Synonyms for "sexual" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (48)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
146 entriesShowing 16 of 146 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
142 translations across 53 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- γενετήσιος adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- ἀφροδίσιος adj (of or relating to having sex)
- ἀφροδίσιος adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Arabic
4 entries- جِنْسِيّ adj (of or relating to having sex)
- جِنْسِيّ adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- جِنْسِيّ adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- جِنْسِيّ adj (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences)
Armenian
3 entries- սեռական adj (of or relating to having sex)
- սեռական adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- սեռային adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cinsi adj (of or relating to having sex)
Belarusian
4 entries- палавы́ adj (of or relating to having sex)
- палавы́ adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- пло́цевы adj (of or relating to having sex)
- пло́цевы adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Bulgarian
3 entries- по́лов adj (of or relating to having sex)
- по́лов adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- сексуа́лен adj (of or relating to having sex)
Catalan
4 entries- sexual adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sexual adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sexual adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- sexual adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 性的 adj (of or relating to having sex)
Czech
4 entries- pohlavní adj (of or relating to having sex)
- pohlavní adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- pohlavní adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- sexuální adj (of or relating to having sex)
Danish
4 entries- køns adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- kønslig adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- seksuel adj (of or relating to having sex)
- seksuel adj (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences)
Dutch
2 entries- seksueel adj (of or relating to having sex)
- seksueel adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Esperanto
2 entries- amora adj (of or relating to having sex)
- seksa adj (of or relating to having sex)
Estonian
3 entries- seksuaalne adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sugu adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sugu adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Faroese
3 entries- kynsligur adj (of or relating to having sex)
- kynsligur adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- kynsligur adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Finnish
4 entries- seksuaalinen adj (of or relating to having sex)
- seksuaalinen adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- sukupuoli adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- sukupuolinen adj (of or relating to having sex)
French
1 entries- sexuel adj (of or relating to having sex)
Galician
1 entries- sexual adj (of or relating to having sex)
Georgian
2 entries- სექსუალური adj (of or relating to having sex)
- სქესობრივი adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Greek
3 entries- σεξουαλικός adj (of or relating to having sex)
- σεξουαλικός adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- σεξουαλικός adj (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִינִי adj (of or relating to having sex)
Hungarian
4 entries- ivaros adj (of or relating to having sex)
- nemi adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- nemi adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- szexuális adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Icelandic
1 entries- kynferðisleg adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Ido
1 entries- sexuala adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Indonesian
2 entries- seksual adj (of or relating to having sex)
- seksual adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- جِنْسی adj (of or relating to having sex)
- جِنْسی adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- جِنْسی adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- جِنْسی adj (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences)
Italian
1 entries- sessuale adj (of or relating to having sex)
Japanese
2 entries- 性的 adj (of or relating to having sex)
- 性的 adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Kazakh
1 entries- жыныстық adj (of or relating to having sex)
Korean
2 entries- 성의 adj (of or relating to having sex)
- 성적인 adj (of or relating to having sex)
Latin
1 entries- sexualis adj (of or relating to having sex)
Macedonian
4 entries- полов adj (of or relating to having sex)
- полов adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- сексуа́лен adj (of or relating to having sex)
- сексуа́лен adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Malay
1 entries- seksual adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Malayalam
2 entries- ലൈംഗിക adj (of or relating to having sex)
- ലൈംഗിക adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Maltese
2 entries- sesswali adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sesswali adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Northern Sami
1 entries- seksuála adj (of or relating to having sex)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- seksuell adj (of or relating to having sex)
- seksuell adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- seksuell adj (of or relating to having sex)
- seksuell adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Occitan
1 entries- sexual adj (of or relating to having sex)
Pashto
3 entries- جنسي adj (of or relating to having sex)
- جنسي adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- جنسي adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Polish
4 entries- płciowy adj (of or relating to having sex)
- płciowy adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- seksualny adj (of or relating to having sex)
- seksualny adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Portuguese
4 entries- sexuado adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- sexual adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sexual adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- sexual adj (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences)
Romanian
3 entries- sexual adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sexual adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- sexual adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Russian
4 entries- полово́й adj (of or relating to having sex)
- полово́й adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- полово́й adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- сексуа́льный adj (of or relating to having sex)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gnèitheach adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sȅksuālan adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sȅksuālan adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- sȅksuālan adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- се̏ксуа̄лан adj (of or relating to having sex)
Slovak
4 entries- pohlavný adj (of or relating to having sex)
- pohlavný adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- sexuálny adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sexuálny adj (of or relating to sexuality)
Slovene
4 entries- seksualen adj (of or relating to having sex)
- seksualen adj (of or relating to sexuality)
- spolen adj (of or relating to having sex)
- spolen adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Spanish
1 entries- sexual adj (of or relating to having sex)
Swahili
1 entries- kijinsia adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Swedish
4 entries- könlig adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- köns adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
- sex adj (of or relating to having sex)
- sexuell adj (of or relating to having sex)
Tajik
1 entries- ҷинсӣ adj (of or relating to having sex)
Ukrainian
3 entries- сексуа́льний adj (of or relating to having sex)
- стате́вий adj (of or relating to having sex)
- стате́вий adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tình dục adj (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
When I told her I'd never seen such a homely girl, she accused me of sexual harassment.
Source: tatoeba (73927)
Recent comics have too many violent and sexual scenes.
Source: tatoeba (243799)
My first sexual experience was with a woman some years older than I was.
Source: tatoeba (267058)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.
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