HOMOSEXUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homosexual mean? 

• HOMOSEXUAL (noun)
  The noun HOMOSEXUAL has 1 sense:

1. someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex

  Familiarity information: HOMOSEXUAL used as a noun is very rare.

• HOMOSEXUAL (adjective)
  The adjective HOMOSEXUAL has 1 sense:

1. sexually attracted to members of your own sex

  Familiarity information: HOMOSEXUAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMOSEXUAL (noun)

Meaning:

Someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gay; homo; homophile; homosexual

Hypernyms ("homosexual" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homosexual"):

gay man; shirtlifter (a homosexual man)

gay woman; lesbian; tribade (a female homosexual)

• HOMOSEXUAL (adjective)

Meaning:

Sexually attracted to members of your own sex

Similar:

transvestic; transvestite (receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex)

transsexual (overwhelmingly desirous of being, or completely identifying with, the opposite sex)

transgender; transgendered (involving a partial or full reversal of gender)

paederastic; pederastic (of homosexuality between a man and a boy)

lesbian; sapphic (of female homosexuality)

homoerotic (of or concerning homosexual love)

gay; homophile; queer (homosexual or arousing homosexual desires)

butch (pejorative synonym for lesbian)

tribadistic (of female homosexual behavior that attempts to simulate heterosexual behavior)

Attribute:

sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)

Antonym:

bisexual (sexually attracted to both sexes)

heterosexual (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)