lesbian

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman

   Synonymssapphic

   Similarhomosexual

Other forms of lesbian

plural

lesbians·

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 lesbian

What does lesbian mean?

lesbian means "a female homosexual". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lesbian?

lesbian has 3 syllables: les-bi-an. The stress falls on "les". In IPA it is /ˈlɛzbiən/.

What is another word for lesbian?

Close synonyms include tribade, gay woman, sapphic. 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 lesbian a common word?

lesbian is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.