Heterosexual

Quick meaning: Heterosexual is an adjective meaning (of a person or other animal) Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

Meaning

(of a person or other animal) Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

More Meanings

1. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two people of different sex.
2. A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
3. (obsolete, medicine) Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.

Example Sentences

The laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation apply to all people, gay and straight alike. If an antistraight boss starts firing heterosexuals, they're protected.

On the average, the [bisexual] women’s first heterosexual attraction and experience (at 11.6 and 14.7 years) occurred before their first homosexual attraction and experience (at 16.9 and 21.4 years).

Mankeeping describes the emotional labor women end up doing in heterosexual relationships. It goes beyond remembering birthdays or coordinating social plans. It means being your partner’s one-man support system.

Early Adolescence. This is the high school period between 14 and 17 years of age. This is a confusing and stressful period for the teenager, because sexual impulses are now quite strong in spite of societal sanctions against heterosexual activity.

Word Forms

• heterosexuals

Synonyms for heterosexual

Depending on context, synonyms include straight, hetero, hetty, other-sex, straggot, breeder.

Antonyms for heterosexual

Common opposites include homosexual, bisexual.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include straight, hetero, sexual, heteroromantic, monoheterosexual, super straight.

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