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Homosexual Synonyms & Antonyms

(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing or dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)

Synonyms

gaylesbiansame-sexhomophilehomosexuallike thatqueersimilisexualthat wayThis section is divided into two tablesone containing synonyms that generally are not derogatory and one containing those that generally are. Howevernote that the non-derogatory terms can nonetheless be used derogatorilyand that some of the derogatory ones are often used humorously and non-derogatorily by gay people and othersof either sex* gayinvertsame-sexeronly of men* company manUranianonly of women* lesbiansapphistof either sex* buggerfruithomomoffieonly of men* fagfaggotfinookpole-smokerfairyflamersapphicbutchpederasticpaederastichomoerotictransvestictribadistic

Antonyms

heterosexualstraightheterobisexual

Related Words

homophilehomohomoeroticbutchlesbiantransvestitesapphictransvestictranssexualpederasticpaederasticqueergaytribadisticachilleanwlwmlminverturaniantribadic

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