metrosexual

Meaning

Noun

1. (dated) A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.
2. (dated) A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals.

Adj

Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle.

Synonyms

dandy

esthete

fop

Translations

metrosexual

métrosexuel

metrosexual

metrosessuale

metrosexuell

metroseksueel

metrossexual

μετροσεξουαλικός

sociologicamente

sociológicamente

Metrosexueller

metrosexual

metroseksüel

soziologisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/

Etymology

Blend of metropolitan + heterosexual, equivalent to metro- + -sexual. Coined by British writer Mark Simpson in 1994.