Hypernyms for "sex"
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androgyny
arousal
autoeroticism
autoerotism
bestiality
bisexuality
bondage
breeding
carnal abuse
carnal knowledge
coition
coitus
conception
congress
conjugation
copulation
coupling
facts of life
femaleness
feminineness
foreplay
gayness
hermaphroditism
heterosexualism
heterosexuality
homoeroticism
homosexualism
homosexuality
intercourse
lechery
love
love life
lovemaking
making love
maleness
masculinity
mating
outercourse
pairing
perversion
pleasure
procreation
promiscuity
promiscuousness
queerness
relation
reproduction
safe sex
sex act
sexual congress
sexual intercourse
sexual love
sexual perversion
sexual relation
sexual union
sleeping around
stimulation
straightness
tempt
union
zooerastia
zooerasty
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.