homosexual
Often Disparaging and Offensive. sexually attracted to people of one's own sex or gender; gay: homosexual couples.
Often Disparaging and Offensive. of or relating to sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of one's own sex or gender.
Archaic. of, relating to, or noting the same sex: She gave birth to homosexual twins.
Often Disparaging and Offensive.
a person, especially a man, who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex or gender.
a person, especially a man, who is sexually attracted exclusively to people of the same sex or gender.
Origin of homosexual
1usage alert For homosexual
Other words from homosexual
- an·ti·ho·mo·sex·u·al, adjective
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How to use homosexual in a sentence
Homo-sexual dreams merely hark back to the time when we were all asexual creatures, hence they are entirely proper.
The Book of Gud | Dan Spain
British Dictionary definitions for homosexual
/ (ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl, ˌhɒm-) /
a person who is sexually attracted to members of the same sex
of or relating to homosexuals or homosexuality
of or relating to the same sex
- Compare heterosexual
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