Free MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: Thesauruses, Plots, Character Traits, Names, and More by Bryn Donovan Page A

mate
    spice
    steel
    strength
    stubble
    sweat
    tang
    teeth
    texture
    toes
    tongue
    torso
    touch
    treasure
    veins
    velvet
    vision
    welcome
    wonder
    wrists

ADJECTIVES
    addictive
    alive
    alluring
    amazed
    anguished
    bare
    blinding
    blunt
    bold
    breathtaking
    brilliant
    broken
    bronzed
    brutal
    careful
    carnal
    clever
    creamy
    dangerous
    daring
    deep
    deft
    delicate
    delicious
    delirious
    desperate
    determined
    devout
    drugged
    eager
    erect
    erotic
    exposed
    exquisite
    fast
    feral
    fervent
    fierce
    fiery
    filthy
    firm
    forbidden
    frantic
    full-bodied
    furious
    generous
    gentle
    glorious
    gorgeous
    guttural
    hard
    heady
    heartbreaking
    heated
    heavy
    hesitant
    hoarse
    hot
    hungry
    impossible
    incandescent
    insane
    insistent
    intense
    intimate
    irrepressible
    irresistible
    irrevocable
    juicy
    languorous
    lax
    lean
    lithe
    lovely
    luscious
    lush
    luxurious
    magnificent
    male
    meaningful
    merciless
    molten
    naked
    nude
    patient
    persistent
    pliant
    plump
    potent
    primal
    pure
    radiant
    rapid
    ravenous
    raw
    responsive
    reverent
    rich
    rigid
    ripe
    rosy
    rough
    savage
    scorching
    searing
    sensual
    sexy
    shameless
    shapely
    shy
    silken
    sincere
    sinful
    single-minded
    slack
    slick
    slow
    smoky
    smoldering
    smooth
    soft
    solid
    spent
    starved
    stiff
    stormy
    strong
    sublime
    succulent
    suggestive
    sultry
    sumptuous
    supple
    sweet
    swift
    tangled
    tart
    taut
    tempestuous
    tentative
    thick
    tousled
    unbidden
    undone
    unguarded
    unrelenting
    untamed
    violent
    volatile
    voluptuous
    vulnerable
    wasted
    weak
    wet
    wicked
    wild
    willing
    yielding

SYNONYMS FOR INTIMATE PARTS OF THE BODY
    Some people still believe all romance novels contain hilarious euphemisms for genitalia. Most romance writers don’t get too fanciful. Still, sometimes we need synonyms, so I’ve collected some here. This is really an addendum to the previous list. I thought it would be more helpful to have those separated out.
    I personally wouldn’t use some of the things on the list, but every writer has her own preferences. Some words may be more appropriate to one point of view than to another, and some might make more sense when your character is just looking at the other person or thinking about sex as opposed to actually having it.
    If you are writing a historical story, do the research to make sure you’re choosing terms that are appropriate for the period…but remember that many slang terms go way back.
    PENIS
    This can sometimes be referred to indirectly—“arousal,” etc.
     
    cock (probably used the most often in romance)
    shaft
    dick
    length
    arousal
    hard-on
    hardness
    erection
    phallus
    manhood
    male part
    prick
    member
     
    if he’s hard but still has his pants on:
     
    ridge/hard ridge
    bulge
    SEMEN
    seed
    come
    vitality
    VAGINA
    Some of these might benefit from an appropriate adjective in front. Again, this includes ways to refer to the genitalia indirectly.
     
    pussy (a few people hate this one)
    core
    sheath
    cleft
    slit
    quim (historical)
    cunny (historical)
    cunt (many people hate this one)
    sex
    well
    between her legs
    between her thighs
    heat
    wetness
    into her/into her body
     
    in certain contexts
     
    entrance
    walls
    LABIA
    folds
    petals
    female flesh
    private flesh
    secret flesh
    lips/nether lips
    CLITORIS
    clit
    bud
    bundle of nerves
    knot / knot of pleasure
    center of pleasure
    berry
    pearl
    jewel
    button
    most sensitive place
    VAGINAL SECRETIONS
    juices
    cream
    honey
    dew
    nectar
    elixir
    arousal
     
    Note that almost everybody hates the word moisture. I wouldn’t use “secretions,” either.
    BREASTS
    mounds
    globes
    tits
    NIPPLES
    peaks
    tips
    buds
    points
    beads
    nubs
     
    You might want adjectives in front of these: dark tip, tight bud, etc.
    BUTTOCKS
    ass
    butt
    backside
    derriere
    rear
    arse (British)
    bum (British)
    cheeks
    globes

50 ACTIONS THAT SHOW ATTRACTION
    Let’s say the two main characters in a romance, or any story with a romantic subplot, are just starting to get interested in one another. It’s way too early for