An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
Source: wiktionary
Hermaphrodite
/hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/
Synonyms for "hermaphrodite" (24 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (5)
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (7)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (12)
Noun(8 words)
dual-sex organismepiceneepicene personhermaphroditicmaphroditemophroditemorphoditemythic hermaphrodite
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: androgyne, gynandromorph, intersex, ambisexual, androgynous.
- Sentence evidence is available for hermaphrodite, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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Synonym selection checklist
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When not to replace "hermaphrodite"
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Replacement workflow
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Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesMore specific
3 entriesCollocations
5 entrieshermaphrodite fishhermaphrodite flowerhermaphrodite organismhermaphrodite planttrue hermaphrodite
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 54 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- deledash noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀνδρόγυνος noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- ἑρμαφρόδιτος noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Arabic
1 entries- خُنْثَى noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Aramaic
1 entries- אנדרוגינוס noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Belarusian
1 entries- гермафрады́т noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Breton
1 entries- divreizhadezh noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хермафродит noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Burmese
1 entries- ဒွိလိင် noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Catalan
1 entries- hermafrodita noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 兩性人 /两性人 noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- 陰陽人 /阴阳人 noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Czech
2 entries- hermafrodit noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- obojetník noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Danish
1 entries- hermafrodit noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Dutch
1 entries- hermafrodiet noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Esperanto
3 entries- ambaŭseksulo noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- androgino noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- hermafrodito noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Estonian
1 entries- hermafrodiit noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Finnish
1 entries- hermafrodiitti noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
French
1 entries- hermaphrodite noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Galician
1 entries- hermafrodita noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
German
4 entries- Hermaphrodit noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- Hermaphroditin noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- Zweigeschlecht noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- Zwitter noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Greek
2 entries- ερμαφρόδιτη noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- ερμαφρόδιτος noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Hebrew
1 entries- הרמפרודיט noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Hindi
1 entries- हिजड़ा noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Icelandic
1 entries- tvíkynjungur noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Irish
2 entries- cadar noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- idirghnéas noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Italian
1 entries- ermafrodito noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Japanese
2 entries- 双成り noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- 雌雄同体 noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Kalmyk
1 entries- саармг noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Kazakh
1 entries- қызтеке noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Khmer
1 entries- ខ្ទើយ noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Lao
1 entries- ກະເທີຍ noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Lithuanian
1 entries- hermafroditas noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Malay
1 entries- khunsa noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Navajo
1 entries- nádleeh noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hermafroditt noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- hermafroditt noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- tvitole noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- tvitoling noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Old English
2 entries- bǣddel noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- wǣpenwīfestre noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Old Ruthenian
1 entries- гермафродитъ noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Persian
1 entries- نرماده noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Polish
2 entries- hermafrodyta noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- obojnak noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Portuguese
3 entries- andrógino noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- dígamo noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- hermafrodita noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Romanian
1 entries- hermafrodit noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Russian
1 entries- гермафроди́т noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- dvopolac noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- dvopolnik noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- hermafrodit noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Spanish
1 entries- hermafrodita noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Sundanese
1 entries- wandu noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Swahili
1 entries- huntha noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Swedish
1 entries- hermafrodit noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Tagalog
1 entries- balakihan noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Thai
1 entries- แต๋ว noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Turkish
4 entries- erdişi noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- erselik noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- hermafrodit noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- hünsa noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гермафроди́т noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Urdu
1 entries- ہیجڑا noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người ái nam ái nữ noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Volapük
2 entries- hihärmafroditan jihärmafroditan noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
- härmafroditan noun (organism having both male and female gonads; person not prototypically male or female)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Comb jellies are sequential hermaphrodites.
Source: wiktionary
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "hermaphrodite"?
Closest matches include androgyne, gynandromorph, intersex, ambisexual, androgynous.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "hermaphrodite"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.