Anal

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪnəl

Adjective

Anal (comparative more Anal, superlative most Anal)

1. of, related to, intended for or involving the anus

   anal thermometer

2. (psychoanalysis) of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region.
3. (psychology) of a person, obsessed with neatness, accuracy, compulsiveness and stubbornness, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.

Noun

Anal (uncountable)

1. (sex) abbreviated form of anal sex

Thesaurus

abdominal; accordant; appendical; bourgeois; cardiac; cecal; colic; colonic; compulsive; concordant; conformist; conventional; coronary; corresponding; dinky; duodenal; enteric; formalistic; gastric; harmonious; ileac; in accord; in keeping; in line; in step; intestinal; jejunal; kosher; mesogastric; neat; orthodox; pedantic; plastic; precisianistic; pyloric; rectal; shipshape; sleek; slick; smart; snug; splanchnic; spruce; square; straight; stuffy; tidy; tight; traditionalist; trig; trim; uptight; visceral; well-cared-for; well-groomed

Synonyms

• (3): fussy, pernickety, picky

Derived terms

anally anal beads anal cleft anal fin anal pore

anal-retentive anal sex anal sphincter anality anilingus perianal

See also

• oral