Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sex

2 senses of sex

Sense 1
arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up -- (stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience")
       => stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir -- (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country")

Sense 2
sex -- (tell the sex (of young chickens))
       => distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple")

Antonyms of adj sexed

2 senses of sexed

Sense 1
sexed -- (having sexual differentiation)

INDIRECT (VIA sexual) -> asexual, nonsexual -- (not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction")

Sense 2
sexed -- (characterized by sexuality; "highly sexed")

INDIRECT (VIA sexy) -> unsexy -- (not sexually aroused or arousing)

Similarity of adj sexed

2 senses of sexed

Sense 1
sexed -- (having sexual differentiation)
       => sexual (vs. asexual) -- (having or involving sex; "sexual reproduction"; "sexual spores")

Sense 2
sexed -- (characterized by sexuality; "highly sexed")
       => sexy (vs. unsexy) -- (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes")

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