genitalia
21 synonyms for genitalia, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The external and internal sex organs, considered together.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
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Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin (membra) genitalia, "organs of generation", first recorded in English in 1651.
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