homosexual

Meaning

Adj

1. (formal) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)
2. (formal) Between two people of the same sex; gay.
3. (dated) Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.

Noun

A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.

Synonyms

gay

queer

homo

poof

fag

pansy

fairy

🧚

fagot

faggot

hermaphrodite

invert

lesbian

nancy

queen

👸

sodomite

poofter

homophile

raver

same-sex

nancy boy

coward

faggot

chaste

poof

transvestite

weak

listless

blue sex

homosexuality

bisexual person

iron hoof

iron hoofter

lesbien

heterosexual

one of those

iron

blue boy

miserly

fag

bugger

pederast

Translations

homosexuel

homosexual

omosessuale

homossexual

Homosexueller

homosexuell

homoseksueel

ομοφυλόφιλος

homosexual

homoseksüel

homofiel

homosexuelle

homo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from German homosexual, from homo- (“same”) + sexual (“relating to sex or sexuality”), coined by Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1868, and popularized in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis (2nd ed. 1887, in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof (compare bisexual), displacing the slightly older term Uranian. Equivalent to homo- + -sexual.