Antonyms for erection
ɪˈrɛk ʃənerec·tion

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. erectionnoun

   A penis or clitoris that has become rigid.

   Synonyms:
   construction, building

2. erectionnoun

   Anything erected or built.

   Synonyms:
   construction, building

3. erectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   woodie, boner, stiffy, hard-on, woody, hardon

Matched Categories

1. • Construction
   • Sexual Arousal
   • Structure

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. erection, hard-onnoun

   an erect penis

   Synonyms:
   erecting, hard-on

2. erectionnoun

   a structure that has been erected

   Synonyms:
   erecting, hard-on

3. erecting, erectionnoun

   the act of building or putting up

   Synonyms:
   erecting, hard-on

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. erectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   building, raising, construction

How to use erection in a sentence?

1. Paul Gittens:

   Adrenaline is an anti-erection chemical and is the main driver in the fight-or-flight response, when men have had failed attempts at sex, or they have developed anxiety and stress because of previous failed attempts, adrenaline kicks in and contributes to erectile dysfunction by shifting the blood away from the penis. The term' psychological erectile dysfunction' puts the blame on the man. I prefer to call it' adrenaline-mediated erectile dysfunction.'.

2. Rajveer Purohit:

   You can imagine a balloon that gets filled up with water, and then you have this tense sheath that's surrounding the balloon, and that's what gives you the stiffness with an erection. And the fracture is a rupture of the balloon and the sheath surrounding the balloon, the vast majority of cases are one-sided, or unilateral, corporal ruptures. But sometimes Rajveer Purohit do have someone who's had a bilateral, or two-sided, corporal fracture involving the urethra.

3. Stephen Harrod Buhner:

   [From] long-term exposure to the estrogenic properties of hops, [they] eventually have difficulty sustaining erection.

4. Rajveer Purohit:

   It's a unique tissue that's only present in the penis, when you get an erection, blood flows into the corpus cavernosa, and it fills up like a sponge.

5. W. H. Auden:

   There's only one good test of pornography. Get twelve normal men to read the book, and then ask them, Did you get an erection? If the answer is Yes from a majority of the twelve, then the book is pornographic.

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