Synonyms of make love
120 similar words
Another word for make love is copulate. Other synonyms of make love are couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations and have marital relations.
Synonyms and similar words for make love
verbTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- copulateTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- couple
- engage in sex
- exchange flesh euphemisticTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- have intimate relations
- have marital relations euphemisticTo have sex (especially of a married couple).
- have sex
- have sexual relationsTo have sex.
- intercourseTo have sexual intercourse.
- know
- know someone in the biblical senseTo have sex with someone.
- mateTo copulate.
- share a bed euphemistic
- sleep together euphemisticUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleep, together.
- bangTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- beat UKTo have sexual intercourse.
- boneTo have sexual intercourse (with).
- boff
- boink
- bonkTo have sexual intercourse (with).
- bopTo have sex.
- bounceTo have sexual intercourse.
- breed
- bump nastiesSynonym of bump uglies.
- bump ugliesTo perform sexual intercourse.
- catch a dickTo be the recipient of penetrative sexual intercourse.
- clap cheeks euphemistic
- crackTo have sex with a female or feminine person for the first time, especially penetrative sex.
- dance euphemisticTo make love or have sex.
- discuss Uganda UK, euphemisticTo have sex.
- dip one's pen in someone's inkwell euphemisticTo have sex with (someone).
- do it euphemisticTo have sex; to make it.
- do the deed euphemistic
- do the nasty euphemisticTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- eff euphemistic
- frack euphemisticFuck.
- frak euphemisticFuck.
- frick euphemisticA surname.
- frig euphemistic
- fuckTo have sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- get busy
- get downTo have sex.
- get freakyTo have sex.
- get it euphemisticTo have sex, especially referring to its possibility or eventuality.
- get it on
- get jiggy
- get laid
- get lucky
- get one's dick wetTo have sexual intercourse.
- get one's end awayTo have sex.
- get one's freak on USTo have sex.
- get one's groove on
- get one's leg over UK
- get one's oatsTo have sexual intercourse.
- get physicalTo begin to make physical contact sexually (as part of sexual intercourse).
- get some US, euphemisticTo have sex.
- get the dirty water off one's chest UKTo get sexual satisfaction, especially after a period of abstinence.
- go all the way euphemistic
- haul one's ashes euphemistic
- have it away
- have it offTo engage in sexual intercourse.
- hide the salami euphemisticSynonym of hide the sausage.
- hide the sausage euphemisticTo have sex (involving a penis).
- hide the wienie euphemisticSynonym of hide the sausage.
- hike the Appalachian Trail US, euphemisticTo engage in an extramarital affair.
- hook upTo have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended.
- hump
- jig-jigTo have sex.
- knock bootsTo have sexual intercourse, especially recreationally if not casually.
- lay pipeTo have sex.
- lay the pipeTo have penetrative sex.
- make itTo have sexual intercourse.
- make out
- make the beast with two backs
- make whoopee
- meddle US, dialectalTo have sex.
- Netflix and chill euphemisticTo engage in sexual activity, possibly while or after watching a movie or a TV series together.
- penetrate
- pipe
- pipe down
- playTo take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- play hide the sausage
- pound
- rail
- ride
- roger
- roll aroundTo indulge in sexual intercourse (with).
- root
- screw
- sex US
- shagTo have sex.
- shaboinkTo have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- shelve
- show someone one's etchings euphemisticA clichéd innuendo used to offer to bring someone to a private location in order to have sex, to show a place where...
- slap belliesTo have sexual intercourse.
- stick USTo have sexual intercourse with.
- tumbleTo have sexual intercourse.
- approach archaic, euphemisticTo have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- cohabit archaic
- common obsoleteTo have sex.
- company obsolete
- strain obsolete
- bauf rareTo hit the ground with one's shoes.
- engender obsoleteTo copulate, to have sex.
- expletive deleted euphemistic, humorousTo have sex with.
- graft the forked tree obsolete, rareTo have sex.
- ming obsolete
- rock and roll US, datedTo have sex.
verbTo make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court.
- addressTo make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
- beauTo act as a beau (towards); to court or woo.
- bedear
- chase afterUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chase, after.
- courtTo engage in activities intended to win affections.
- endear
- make a move (on)
- put the moves onTo make an effort to gain someone's romantic or sexual interest; to try to woo or seduce.
- romanceTo woo; to court.
- solicit
- sparkTo woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.
- woo
Meaning of make love
- verb To engage in sexual intercourse.
- verb To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court.
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Questions about synonyms of make love
- What is another word for make love?
- Make love has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations, have marital relations, have sex and have sexual relations.
- What does make love mean?
- Make love means to engage in sexual intercourse.
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