libido C2 Topic:General Vocabulary US /ləˈbaɪˌdoʊ/ UK /lɪˈbiː.dəʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #23993 Meanings 1 noun a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire My libido has sky-rocketed since starting hormone therapy. Thesaurus Synonyms aphrodisiaconcupiscence Word family Forms libidineslibidos Derived forms antilibidolibidinizelibidolessnon-libidoist Related forms hypersexualitymasturbatornymphomaniac Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”). Used originally in psychoanalytic contexts. *lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European libīdō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # libido **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ləˈbaɪˌdoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /lɪˈbiː.dəʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 23993 ## Meanings 1. a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire ## Examples - My libido has sky-rocketed since starting hormone therapy. ## Synonyms - aphrodisia - concupiscence ## Derived Forms - antilibido - libidinize - libidoless - non-libidoist ## Related Forms - hypersexuality - masturbator - nymphomaniac ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *lewbʰ- - Root: libīdō ## Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”). Used originally in psychoanalytic contexts. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown