hard-on

1. 1.

   an erect penis

   Synonymserection

   Broadersexual arousal

Questions about hard-on

What does hard-on mean?

hard-on means "an erect penis".

How many syllables are in hard-on?

hard-on has 2 syllables: har-d-on. The stress falls on "har".

What is another word for hard-on?

Close synonyms include erection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hard-on a common word?

hard-on is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.