copulation

Noun

Meaning

The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

relation intercourse coitus carnal knowledge coition sexual intercourse sex act sexual congress sexual relation union congress commerce fornication screwing connection

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Antonyms

break breach detachment abandonment betrayal celibacy

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Hypernyms

sex sex activity sexual activity sexual practice

Hyponyms

shag screwing penetration screw ass nookie

Phrases with the word

copulation plug conception through copulation gametic copulation

Anagrams

poculation

Examples

Most of the people who get sent to die in wars are young men who've got a lot of energy and would probably rather, in a better world, be putting that energy into copulation rather than going over there and blowing some other young man's guts out. Alan Moore

Storytelling and copulation are the two chief forms of amusement in the South. They're inexpensive and easy to procure. Robert Penn Warren

Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of clichés. Vladimir Nabokov

Copulation is no more foul to me than death is. Walt Whitman

Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas. Patrick O'Brian

What's the point of a revolution without general copulation copulation copulation. Peter Weiss

Close letter words and terms

copulater copulating with copulatingly copulation plug copulative copulative conjunction