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5 5.1
To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way
  • verb
  • /sɛks/
  • NSFW
translation icon : echar un polvo
  • I wanna sex you up
  • let's have sex
  • go have sex

Examples

  • I'm not giving you permission to sex another woman.

  • A source in the Intelligence Service told Andrew Gilligan that the government asked Intelligence to sex up the dossier on Saddam's weapon capabilities.

    Academic text (2017)
  • I wanna sex you up

  • I wanna sex you up

  • That's just me letting him, or giving him permission to sex another woman.

  • She thinks I'm out trying to sex other women.

  • ♪ Since Color Me Badd was singing "I wanna sex you up”...

  • They decided to sex on the first date, enjoying their spontaneity.

  • After the party, they went back to her place to sex and relax.

  • The couple often found time to sex whenever they had a free evening together.

Synonyms

to fuck
vsto sex
  • Offensive
9.9

To have sex with someone

is informal but avoids the harsh vulgar tone
to have sex
vsto sex
  • NSFW
3.0

To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure

is equally informal but emphasizes casual or everyday encounters
to do it
vsto sex
  • NSFW
999 9.8

To have sex with someone

is similar but focuses on casualness rather than the slangy tone
to sleep with
vsto sex
  • NSFW
652 7.4

To have sex with someone

is more casual and often used in everyday informal talk
to get it on
vsto sex
  • Offensive
125 9.3

To have sex with someone

is broader and more neutral about casual or formal situations
to get laid
vsto sex
  • Offensive
95 9.9

To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way

is similar but is more neutral about relationship context
to have intercourse
vsto sex
  • NSFW
23 8.1

To have sex with someone

is more informal and suggests casual rather than formal situations
to be intimate
vsto sex
  • NSFW
16 7.9

Have sex with someone

is more casual and less euphemistic in everyday contexts
to bed
vsto sex
  • NSFW
12 9.0

To have sex with someone

is the same idea but slightly more general and casual in tone
to copulate
vsto sex
  • NSFW
10 7.9

To have sex, usually used for animals or in biology

is informal and focused on casual human social contexts rather than clinical usage
to bonk
vsto sex
  • NSFW
2 9.9

To have sex with someone

is more neutral and less slangy while keeping casual sense
to have it off
vsto sex
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To have sex with someone, used in informal British English

is similar but not tied to regional informal usage
to have a go at it
vsto sex
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is more direct and openly casual rather than euphemistic
to jazz
vsto sex
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

is more standard informal talk rather than playful slang
to roll in the hay
vsto sex
  • NSFW
9.2

To have sex briefly in a casual way

is more neutral about tone and less romantic or playful

Idioms

the fair sex
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Women that older writers treat as delicate and needing protection

9.7

Extremely pleasurable or satisfying in a way that feels better than usual

Phrasal Verbs

3.0

To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure

to sex up
  • NSFW
1 8.4

Make something more attractive or exciting by adding sexual details

Compounds

A legal partnership between two people of the same sex

72 6.5

A person who has been found guilty of a sexual crime like assault or abuse

oral sex
  • Offensive
50 6.0

Using the mouth, lips, or tongue to touch someone's private parts

safe sex
  • NSFW
28 3.0

Sex where people use condoms and other steps to prevent infections

sex drive
  • NSFW
25 4.2

A natural desire to have sex

sex crime
  • NSFW
22 6.6

An illegal sexual act done without the other person's agreement, often using force or threats

sex appeal
  • NSFW
19 3.5

Attractive to other people in a way that makes them want to be physically close

sex act
  • NSFW
19 3.7

Sexual activity between people, often intercourse

sex change
  • Specialized
15 4.2

A medical operation and hormone treatment to make a person's body match the gender they feel

sex symbol
  • NSFW
13 3.8

A famous person, for example an actor or singer, who many people think is very sexually attractive

sex toy
  • NSFW
12 3.8

An object people use to give private physical pleasure to a person

anal sex
  • Offensive
11 7.3

Sexual activity when a person with a penis puts it into another person's anus

sex object
  • Offensive
9 7.0

A person others see only for sexual reasons, not as a whole person

sex talk
  • Informal
9 5.4

A conversation about sex to teach people about bodies and safety

6 5.7

Medical treatment with surgery and hormones that helps a person live as a different gender

sex organ
  • Specialized
5 3.3

A body part used to make babies, like the penis, vagina, testes, or ovaries

sex machine
  • Offensive
4 7.9

A person who others see as very attractive and confident with partners in private

sex hormone
  • Specialized
4 3.6

A body chemical that helps sex organs and other adult body features like hair or voice develop

4 7.7

A crime in which someone forces another person to have sex against their will

sex kitten
  • Slur
3 8.8

A young woman seen as very sexually attractive who tries to attract others

2 5.2

Sex between a married person and someone who is not their husband or wife

sex bomb
  • NSFW
1 7.4

A person, often a woman, who many people find very sexually attractive

fair sex
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An old polite phrase for women that shows admiration

1 8.2

A machine like a sex toy or robot that gives sexual pleasure

1 6.5

A physical change during puberty that shows male or female differences and does not help make babies

sex cell
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A cell that joins another to make a new living thing, like sperm or egg

sex characteristic
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A trait of body and mind linked to being male or female

sex chromosome
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A part of a cell that decides whether an animal is male or female

sex linkage
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A gene on a sex chromosome that makes a trait appear more often in one sex than the other

sex manual
  • NSFW
1 5.6

A book that gives adults advice on how to be physically closer to a partner

sex gland
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A gland that makes the cells used to make babies, like an ovary or testis

sex pact
  • NSFW
1 8.7

An agreement between people to have sex with each other

The practice of separating men and women into different places or groups

eye sex
  • NSFW
9.9

Looking at each other to show sexual or romantic attraction

gentle sex
  • NSFW
8.1

Physical closeness between partners that is soft, careful, and focused on comfort and trust

primary sex character
  • Specialized
8.8

Body parts used for having babies, like genitals, that show if someone is male or female

5.2

A body part you are born with that helps make babies, like genitals or ovaries

7.4

A physical feature that differs between males and females, like body hair or a deep voice

sex character
  • Specialized
7.0

A physical or mental trait typical of one sex

3.1

Private actions between people that involve touching for pleasure

sex chromatin
  • Specialized
8.4

A small dark spot inside a cell nucleus that shows a second X chromosome in female cells

sex number
  • NSFW
8.2

How many people someone has had sex with

sex hair
  • NSFW
8.9

Hair that looks messy as if a person has just had sex

sex-haver
  • NSFW
9.9

A person who has sex with other people

sex-linked disorder
  • Specialized
6.2

A condition caused by a gene on a sex chromosome that affects males and females differently

How Intimate

to sex
  • NSFW
5 5.1
to make out
  • NSFW
130 8.1
to pet
54 1.0
to kiss
1.0

Surface Forms

sex infinitive
sexed past
sexed past participle
sexing present participle
sexes third person singular

Etymology

Sex as an informal verb meaning 'to have sexual intercourse' comes from the noun sex ('sexual activity'), so to 'sex' someone is to have sex with them.