Queer

Quick meaning: Queer is an adjective meaning (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Homosexual.

Meaning

(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Homosexual.

More Meanings

1. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
2. (British, informal, dated) Slightly unwell.
3. (British, slang, dated) Drunk.
4. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
5. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
6. (loosely) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
7. (dated) Strange, odd, or different; whimsical.

Example Sentences

the queer community

An old long-faced, long-bodied servant, gave a queer look

This is a one-shot thing we got goin’ on here. […] You know I ain’t queer.

If gender is no longer to be understood as consolidated through normative sexuality, then is there a crisis of gender that is specific to queer contexts?

Word Forms

• queerer
• queerest
• queers
• queering
• queered

Synonyms for queer

Depending on context, synonyms include homophile, homosexual, similisexual, aberrant, abnormal, alien.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include homophile, homosexual, poove, funny, fairy, peculiar.

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