homosexuality

Other forms of homosexuality

plural

homosexualities·

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 homosexuality

What does homosexuality mean?

homosexuality means "a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex".

How many syllables are in homosexuality?

homosexuality has 7 syllables: ho-mo-sex-u-al-i-ty. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈæləˌti/.

What is another word for homosexuality?

Close synonyms include homosexualism, homoeroticism, queerness, gayness. 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 homosexuality a common word?

homosexuality 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.

What rhymes with homosexuality?

66 words rhyme with homosexuality. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.