sexually transmitted disease

noun

Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact, with or without symptoms.

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STIsexually transmitted infectionVDvenereal diseasegift that keeps on givingvenereal infectionsocial diseaseCupid's itch
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Meanings

nounsexually transmitted disease (plural sexually transmitted diseases)

plural sexually transmitted diseases

  1. medicineAny of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact, with or without symptoms.

    SHEPARD: Have you got a minute to talk? MORDIN: Perhaps later. Trying to determine how scale itch got onto Normandy. Sexually transmitted disease only carried by varren. Implications unpleasant.

    2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2

    Synonyms: STI, sexually transmitted infection, VD, venereal disease, gift that keeps on giving

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact, with or without symptoms.

Similar
STIsexually transmitted infectionVDvenereal diseasegift that keeps on giving

More synonyms by meaning

nouna communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Similar
venereal diseaseVDvenereal infectionsocial diseaseCupid's itchCupid's diseaseVenus's cursedoseSTD
Broader
contagious diseasecontagion
Also see
cupid's diseasedosesexually transmitted infectionsocial diseasestdvdvenereal disease

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic دَاء مَنْقُول جِنْسِيًّا
  • دَاء مَنْقُول جِنْسِيًّا (dāʔ manqūl jinsiyyan)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Catalan malaltia de transmissió sexual
  • malaltia de transmissió sexualdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Chinese Mandarin 性病, 花柳病
  • 性病 (xìngbìng)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • 花柳病 (huāliǔbíng)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Czech pohlavně přenosná choroba, pohlavní choroba
  • pohlavně přenosná chorobadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • pohlavní chorobadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Danish seksuelt overført sygdom, kønssygdom
  • seksuelt overført sygdomdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • kønssygdomdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Dutch seksueel overdraagbare aandoening, geslachtsziekte
  • seksueel overdraagbare aandoeningdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • geslachtsziektedisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Esperanto seksume transdonebla malsano, Esperanto: venerea malsano
  • seksume transdonebla malsanodisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • Esperanto: venerea malsanodisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Finnish sukupuolitauti
  • sukupuolitautidisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
French maladie sexuellement transmissible, maladie vénérienne
  • maladie sexuellement transmissibledisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • maladie vénériennedisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
German Geschlechtskrankheit, sexuell übertragbare Krankheit
  • Geschlechtskrankheitdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • sexuell übertragbare Krankheitdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Greek σεξουαλικά μεταδιδόμενο νόσημα, αφροδίσιο νόσημα
  • σεξουαλικά μεταδιδόμενο νόσημα (sexoualiká metadidómeno nósima)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • αφροδίσιο νόσημα (afrodísio nósima)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Hebrew מַחֲלַת מִין
  • מַחֲלַת מִין (maẖlát min)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Hindi रतिरोग
  • रतिरोग (ratirog)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Hungarian nemi úton terjedő betegség
  • nemi úton terjedő betegségdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Icelandic kynsjúkdómur, samræðissjúkdómur
  • kynsjúkdómurdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • samræðissjúkdómurdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Indonesian penyakit menular seksual
  • penyakit menular seksualdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Irish galar gnéas-tarchurtha
  • galar gnéas-tarchurthadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Italian malattia sessualmente trasmissibile, malattia venerea
  • malattia sessualmente trasmissibiledisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • malattia venereadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Japanese 性感染症, STD
  • 性感染症 (seikansenshō)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • STD (esu-tī-dī)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • 性行為感染症 (seikōi-kansenshō)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • 性病 (seibyō)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • 花柳病 (karyūbyō)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Korean 성병, 화류병
  • 성병 (seongbyeong)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • 화류병 (hwaryubyeong)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Lithuanian lytiškai plintanti liga, lytiniu keliu plintanti liga
  • lytiškai plintanti ligadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • lytiniu keliu plintanti ligadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • venerinė ligadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Māori mate paipai, pakiwhara
  • mate paipaidisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • pakiwharadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • paipaidisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Norwegian Bokmål kjønnssykdom
  • kjønnssykdomdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Polish choroba przenoszona drogą płciową, choroba weneryczna
  • choroba przenoszona drogą płciowądisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • choroba wenerycznadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Portuguese doença sexualmente transmitida, doença venérea
  • doença sexualmente transmitidadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • doença venéreadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Romanian boală transmisă sexual, boală contractată sexual
  • boală transmisă sexualdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • boală contractată sexualdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Russian заболева́ние, передаю́щееся половы́м путём, венерическая боле́знь
  • заболева́ние, передаю́щееся половы́м путём (zabolevánije, peredajúščejesja polovým putjóm)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • венерическая боле́знь (veneričeskaja boléznʹ)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • венери́ческое заболева́ние (veneríčeskoje zabolevánije)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Scottish Gaelic galar-drùisealachd
  • galar-drùisealachddisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Spanish infección de transmisión sexual, enfermedad de transmisión sexual
  • infección de transmisión sexualdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • enfermedad de transmisión sexualdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Swahili maradhi ya zinaa
  • maradhi ya zinaadisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Swedish könssjukdom, sexuellt överförbar sjukdom
  • könssjukdomdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • sexuellt överförbar sjukdomdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • venerisk sjukdomdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • flugor i trumpetendisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Thai โรคติดต่อทางเพศสัมพันธ์, โรคส่งผ่านทางเพศสัมพันธ์
  • โรคติดต่อทางเพศสัมพันธ์ (rôhk dtìt dtòr taang pâyt săm-pan)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • โรคส่งผ่านทางเพศสัมพันธ์ (rôhk sòng pàan taang pâyt săm-pan)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • กามโรค (gaam-má-rôok)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Turkish cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalık, zührevi hastalık
  • cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıkdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • zührevi hastalıkdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Ukrainian захво́рювання, що передає́ться стате́вим шля́хом
  • захво́рювання, що передає́ться стате́вим шля́хом (zaxvórjuvannja, ščo peredajétʹsja statévym šljáxom)disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Vietnamese bệnh lây truyền qua đường tình dục, bệnh hoa liễu
  • bệnh lây truyền qua đường tình dụcdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • bệnh hoa liễudisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • nhiễm trùng lây qua đường tình dụcdisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Welsh clefyd cysylltiad rhywiol, clefyd gwenerol
  • clefyd cysylltiad rhywioldisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
  • clefyd gweneroldisease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“sexually transmitted disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexually%20transmitted%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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

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