homo

Other forms of homo

plural

homoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about homo

What does homo mean?

homo means "someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in homo?

homo has 2 syllables: ho-mo. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˈhoʊmoʊ/.

What is another word for homo?

Close synonyms include homosexual, homophile, gay, man, human being. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is homo a common word?

homo is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.