intercourse
noun
in·ter·course ˈin-tər-ˌkȯrs 
1
: physical sexual contact between individuals that involves the genitalia of at least one person
anal intercourse
oral intercourse
especially : sexual intercourse sense 1
heterosexual intercourse
2
: exchange especially of thoughts or feelings : communion
3
: connection or dealings between persons or groups
Synonyms
- commerce
- dealings
- interaction
- relation
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the unspoken rules of social intercourse
Recent Examples on the Web The virus spreads primarily through intimate, skin-to-skin contact, such as intercourse. 
Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 The second man was 32-years-old and had had unprotected intercourse with another man during the first half of May. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 June 2022 God told Onan to have intercourse with his dead brother’s wife. Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 8 June 2022 If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer. Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 16 May 2022 If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 16 May 2022 If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2022 Fertilization does not mean pregnancy, some experts say There is little debate about the mechanics of pregnancy: After intercourse, sperm travels through the uterus and into the fallopian tubes to fertilize an egg during ovulation. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022 The cozy sea-green space is where teenage Ruby, the sole hearing member of a deaf family, chides her parents for engaging in cacophonous intercourse while a crush is visiting. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022 See More
Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 The second man was 32-years-old and had had unprotected intercourse with another man during the first half of May. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 June 2022 God told Onan to have intercourse with his dead brother’s wife. Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 8 June 2022 If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer. Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 16 May 2022 If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 16 May 2022 If your wife doesn’t feel the pressure to have intercourse, being intimate with you should help to draw you two closer. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2022 Fertilization does not mean pregnancy, some experts say There is little debate about the mechanics of pregnancy: After intercourse, sperm travels through the uterus and into the fallopian tubes to fertilize an egg during ovulation. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022 The cozy sea-green space is where teenage Ruby, the sole hearing member of a deaf family, chides her parents for engaging in cacophonous intercourse while a crush is visiting. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English intercurse, probably from Middle French entrecours, from Medieval Latin intercursus, from Latin, act of running between, from intercurrere to run between, from inter- + currere to run — more at car
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Phrases Containing intercourse
Kids Definition
intercourse
noun
in·ter·course ˈin-tər-ˌkȯrs
: dealings between persons or groups
Social intercourse requires communication.
Medical Definition
intercourse
noun
in·ter·course ˈint-ər-ˌkō(ə)rs, -ˌkȯ(ə)rs
1
: connection or dealings between persons or groups
2
: physical sexual contact between individuals that involves the genitalia of at least one person
anal intercourse
oral intercourse
especially : sexual intercourse sense 1
heterosexual intercourse
intercourse
noun
1
as in interaction
doings between individuals or groups the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- interaction
- relation
- dealings
- commerce
- companionship
- interrelationship
- cross-fertilization
- cross-pollination
- company
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonintercourse
2
as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis intercourse is one of ways by which the disease is commonly spread Synonyms & Similar Words
- sex
- relations
- mating
- coitus
- copulation
- coition
- sexuality
- lovemaking
- copulating
- commerce
- sexual intercourse
- breeding
- sex act
- coupling
- making love
- sexual relations
- fornication
- congress
- getting it on
- insemination
- carnality
- safe sex
- dalliance
- whoopee
- hanky-panky