Bisexual

Quick meaning: Bisexual is an adjective meaning (of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.).

Meaning

(of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.).

More Meanings

1. A person who is bisexual.
2. (botany, rare) A plant or fungus, or part thereof, which is bisexual.
3. (chiefly botany) Having both male and female parts, characteristics, or functions.
4. (chiefly biology) Having two distinct sexes, male and female (as contrasted with unisexual or hermaphroditic).
5. (chiefly biology) Involving two sexes (particularly with regard to reproduction; contrast parthenogenetic or asexual).
6. (chiefly biology) An organism (that is, a species) which has male and female sexes.

Example Sentences

We also know that bisexual species reproduce during a longer period than hermaphrodite species.

[…] where the parthenogenetic and bisexual generations do not differ in any character except their manner of reproduction[…]

Skirt Club caters to bisexual or bicurious women. No men are allowed, but women with all levels of experience in same-sex sexuality, from bicurious to fully lesbian, are welcomed.

The second line of inquiry has to do with the ultimate fate of unisexual species. Are they doomed to more rapid extinction than bisexual species? On the assumption that unisexual populations lack genetic variation, most theoretical studies […]

Word Forms

• bi-sexual
• bisexuals

Synonyms for bisexual

Depending on context, synonyms include perfect, hermaphrodite, bi, ambisextrous, curious, flexible.

Antonyms for bisexual

Common opposites include monosexual, homosexual, heterosexual.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include androgynous, epicene, bi, bicurious, ambisexual, plurisexual.

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