homosexual

Other forms of homosexual

plural

homosexuals·

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 homosexual

What does homosexual mean?

homosexual 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 homosexual?

homosexual has 5 syllables: ho-mo-sex-u-al. The stress falls on "sex". In IPA it is /ˌhoʊmoʊˈsɛkˌʃʌwəl/.

What is another word for homosexual?

Close synonyms include homophile, homo, gay. 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.

What is the opposite of homosexual?

The recorded antonyms are bisexual, heterosexual.

Is homosexual a common word?

homosexual 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.