Threesome

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈθɹiːsÉ™m/

Origin

From three + -some.

Full definition of threesome

Noun

1. A group of three people.
2. An instance of sexual activity involving three people.
• 2013, Joanna Biggs, "Tell me everything", London Review of Books, vol. 35, no. 7:‘Tell me everything,’ she said to Losse, and when she’d heard everything, got the colleague who kept suggesting a threesome discreetly demoted.

Synonyms

• (group of three people): triad, trine, trinity, trio, troika, triumvirate
• (sexual activity): ménage à trois, troilism

Related terms

• twosome, foursome, fivesome, etc.
• moresome

Anagrams

• motherese