transvestite

Questions about transvestite

What does transvestite mean?

transvestite means "someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transvestite?

transvestite has 3 syllables: trans-ves-tite. The stress falls on "ves". In IPA it is /tɹænzˈvɛstaɪt/.

What is another word for transvestite?

Close synonyms include cross-dresser, transvestic. 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 transvestite a common word?

transvestite 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.