sex toy

noun

Any physical object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure.

“It is illegal to go to Mexico with more than three sex toys.”

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joy toymarital aidsex aidsexcessoryadult toy
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Meanings

nounsex toy (plural sex toys)

plural sex toys

  1. Any physical object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure.

    It is illegal to go to Mexico with more than three sex toys.

    2 more examples

    As with all sex toys, be sure to use lots of lubricants and clean them regularly.

    2003, Hilda Hutcherson, “Sexual Enhancers”, in What Your Mother Never Told You about Sex, Perigee, →ISBN, page 169

    A man was arrested Saturday in College Park, Georgia, after he was accused of throwing a sex toy on to the court during the Dream’s 29 July game with the Golden State Valkyries, according to a police report. The report said he threw another sex toy during the Dream’s game on Friday against the Phoenix Mercury.

    2025 August 8, “Another WNBA game disrupted by sex toy thrown on court in Chicago”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2025

    Synonyms: joy toy, marital aid, sex aid, sexcessory

  2. broadlyA person willing to provide sexual pleasure to another at their beckoning.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny physical object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure.

Similar
joy toymarital aidsex aidsexcessory

More synonyms by meaning

nounA sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure, such as a dildo or vibrator.

Similar
adult toy
Broader
playthingtoy
Also see
joy toysex aidsex tool

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 情趣用品, 性玩具
  • 情趣用品 (qíngqù yòngpǐn)sex aid
  • 性玩具 (xìngwánjù)sex aid
  • 性具 (xìngjù)sex aid
Dutch seksspeeltje
  • seksspeeltjesex aid
Esperanto erotika helpilo
  • erotika helpilosex aid
Finnish seksilelu
  • seksilelusex aid
French sextoy, jouet sexuel
  • sextoysex aid
  • jouet sexuelsex aid
German Sexspielzeug
  • Sexspielzeugsex aid
Greek ερωτικό βοήθημα
  • ερωτικό βοήθημα (erotikó voḯthima)sex aid
Hebrew אביזר מין
  • אביזר מין (avizár min)sex aid
Hungarian nemi játékszer, nemi segédeszköz
  • nemi játékszersex aid
  • nemi segédeszközsex aid
Icelandic kynlífsleikfang
  • kynlífsleikfangsex aid
Irish bréagán gnéis
  • bréagán gnéissex aid
Italian giocattolo sessuale
  • giocattolo sessualesex aid
Japanese 性具, 大人のおもちゃ
  • 性具 (seigu)sex aid
  • 大人のおもちゃ (otona no omocha)sex aid
  • 淫具 (ingu)sex aid
Korean 자위기구
  • 자위기구 (jawigigu)sex aid
Norwegian sexleketøy
  • sexleketøysex aid
Portuguese brinquedo sexual
  • brinquedo sexualsex aid
Russian сексуа́льная игру́шка, секс-игру́шка
  • сексуа́льная игру́шка (sɛksuálʹnaja igrúška)sex aid
  • секс-игру́шка (sɛks-igrúška)sex aid
Spanish juguete sexual
  • juguete sexualsex aid
Swedish sexleksak
  • sexleksaksex aid
Turkish seks oyuncağı
  • seks oyuncağısex aid
Vietnamese công cụ hỗ trợ tình dục
  • công cụ hỗ trợ tình dụcsex aid
Welsh tegan rhyw
  • tegan rhywsex aid
Cite this entry
APA

sex toy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20toy

MLA

“sex toy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20toy. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sex toy,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20toy.

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