1. sexual(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to or characterized by sexuality; "sexual orientation"; "sexual distinctions"
Derived form noun sexuality1
2. sexual(a = adj.all) - having or involving sex; "sexual reproduction"; "sexual spores"
Antonym: asexual
Derived form noun sex1
3. sexual(s = adj.all) intimate - involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts"
Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation. [1913 Webster]
"In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems to have acted independently of sexual selection." [1913 Webster]
sexual, adj.
1 of or relating to sex, or to the sexes or the relations between them.
2 Bot. (of classification) based on the distinction of sexes in plants.
3 Biol. having a sex.
Idiom:
sexual intercourse the insertion of a man's erect penis into a woman's vagina, usu. followed by the ejaculation of semen.
Derivative:
sexuality n. sexually adv.
Etymology:
LL sexualis (as SEX)
N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.
double standard of sexual behavior, primary sexual characteristic, secondary sexual characteristic, sexual abstention, sexual abuse, sexual activity, sexual arousal, sexual assault, sexual characteristic, sexual climax, sexual congress, sexual conquest, sexual desire, sexual discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual immorality, sexual intercourse, sexual inversion, sexual love, sexual morality, sexual perversion, sexual pleasure, sexual practice, sexual preference, sexual relation, sexual relationship, sexual reproduction, sexual union, sexual urge