sperm cell

1. 1.

   the male reproductive cell; the male gamete

   “a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material”

   Synonymsspermspermatozoonspermatozoan

   Broadergamete

   Part ofmale reproductive systemsemen

   Partsflagellumacrosome

Questions about sperm cell

What does sperm cell mean?

sperm cell means "the male reproductive cell; the male gamete".

What is another word for sperm cell?

Close synonyms include sperm, spermatozoon, spermatozoan. 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 sperm cell a common word?

sperm cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.