threesome
/ˈθriːs(ə)m
/noun
1A group of three people engaged in the same activity: we planned excursions as a threesome...
- They can interact sexually in threesomes and foursomes.
- The threesome capitalised on the nation's growing fondness for healthier diets and have fed the bank balance of a company that would never have got off the ground if a gamble at a jazz festival had not paid off.
- This left the front trio, the threesome that had been anointed ‘the best in the world’ completely isolated.
Synonyms
trio, triplet(s), triumvirate, triad, trinity, troika, triunity, triangle, triplex
technical trilogy, triptych, tercet
Music terzetto, pas de trois
rare trine
1.1A game or activity for three people.In my dad's game, you turn a threesome into a foursome by adding an imaginary fourth player, a kindly old grandmother named Mrs. Murphy.
1.2An occasion on which three people engage in sexual activity together: he tried to convince some newlyweds to have a threesome with him...
- Wanting to spice up our love life, we decided to have a threesome.
- Three years ago we decided to try a threesome at my suggestion.
- Last year we had a threesome, with a man.