📖 Definitions of "Bisexual"
noun
- 1
A person who is bisexual.
- 2
A plant or fungus, or part thereof, which is bisexual.
adjective
- 1
(of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both men and women (by a narrow definition) or to people of multiple or any genders (by a broad definition; compare pansexual).
- 2
Having both male and female parts or functions.
🔄 Synonyms of "Bisexual"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| epicenenoun | (by extension) Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex. |
| androgynous | Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex. |
| bisexual personnoun | a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes |
↔️ Antonyms of "Bisexual"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| homosexualnoun | (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.) |
| heterosexualnoun | (of a person or other animal) Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bisexual"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| androgynous | Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex. |
| epicene | (by extension) Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex. |
| bisexual personnoun | a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes |
| binoun | A type of jade disk produced in ancient China. |
| bicurious | Alternative spelling of bi-curious. [(LGBTQ) Interested in having relationships with both men and women, curious about one's potential bisexuality; especially, of heterosexual people, considering a first sexual experience with a member of the same sex.] |
| ambisexualnoun | Bisexual: attracted to persons of either sex. |
| plurisexualnoun | Sexually attracted to members of multiple sexes. |
| biromanticnoun | Romantically attracted to both males and females. |
| pansexualnoun | Sexually attracted to people regardless of gender. |
| omnisexual | Being attracted to all genders (sometimes distinguished from pansexual by saying omnisexual attraction may still take account of gender or prefer particular genders). |
| flexisexual | (of a person) Having a fluid sexual orientation or pattern of sexual expression. |
| queernoun | (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc. |
| ac/dc | (not comparable) Able to operate with either alternating current or direct current. |
| switch-hitternoun | (baseball) A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter. |
| bisexed | Having or relating to two sexes. |
| lesbian | (of a woman) Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners. |
| gay | Homosexual: |
| heterosexual | (of a person or other animal) Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex. |
| homosexual | (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.) |
| transsexual | (dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS). |
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