Meanings
plural sex acts
- Synonym of sexual act.
Moreover, the act which is instinctive at one time or in a certain stage of development may not be instinctive at another time or in another stage. The sex act, although instinctive in animals and in primitive human races, is not instinctive in civilized man.
1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 4Synonyms: sexual act
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of sexual act.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 性行為 /性行为
- 性行為 /性行为 (xìngxíngwéi)acts of sexual stimulation
Danish sexakt, knepning
- sexaktacts of sexual stimulation
- knepningacts of sexual stimulation
Esperanto malĉastaĵo
- malĉastaĵoacts of sexual stimulation
Finnish seksuaalinen teko
- seksuaalinen tekoacts of sexual stimulation
Hindi यौन क्रिया
- यौन क्रिया (yaun kriyā)acts of sexual stimulation
Polish akt płciowy
- akt płciowyacts of sexual stimulation
Russian полово́й акт
- полово́й акт (polovój akt)acts of sexual stimulation
Cite this entry
sex act. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20act
“sex act.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20act. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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