Bonobos often use sexual behavior, sometimes homosexual, sometimes heterosexual, for social negotiation.
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Heterosexual
//ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl//
Synonyms for "heterosexual" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (19)
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7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
118 translations across 51 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- heteroseksual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heteroseksual noun (a heterosexual organism)
Armenian
3 entries- հետերոսեքսուալ adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- տարասեռական adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- տարասեռական noun (a heterosexual organism)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- heteroseksual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heteroseksual noun (a heterosexual organism)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хе́теросексуа́лен adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Catalan
2 entries- heterosexual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heterosexual noun (a heterosexual organism)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- مێباز noun (a heterosexual organism)
- نێرباز noun (a heterosexual organism)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 異性戀的 /异性恋的 adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- 異性戀者 /异性恋者 noun (a heterosexual organism)
Cornish
1 entries- kenreydhek adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Czech
2 entries- heterosexuální adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heterosexuál noun (a heterosexual organism)
Danish
2 entries- heteroseksuel adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heteroseksuel noun (a heterosexual organism)
Dutch
2 entries- heteroseksueel adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heteroseksueel noun (a heterosexual organism)
Esperanto
4 entries- aliseksema adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- malgeja adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- aliseksemulino noun (a heterosexual organism)
- aliseksemuliĉo noun (a heterosexual organism)
Estonian
3 entries- hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heteroseksuaal noun (a heterosexual organism)
- vastassooihar noun (a heterosexual organism)
Faroese
1 entries- hinskyndur adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Finnish
3 entries- heteroseksuaalinen adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heteroseksuaali noun (a heterosexual organism)
French
3 entries- hétérosexuel adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- hétéro noun (a heterosexual organism)
- hétérosexuel noun (a heterosexual organism)
Galician
3 entries- heterosexual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heterosexual noun (a heterosexual organism)
Georgian
1 entries- ჰეტეროსექსუალი adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
German
4 entries- heterosexuell adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- Hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
- Heterosexuelle noun (a heterosexual organism)
- Heterosexueller noun (a heterosexual organism)
Greek
1 entries- ετεροφυλόφιλος adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Greenlandic
2 entries- anguteqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq noun (a heterosexual organism)
- arnaqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq noun (a heterosexual organism)
Hungarian
3 entries- heteroszexuális adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heteroszexuális noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heteró noun (a heterosexual organism)
Ido
2 entries- heterosexuala adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heterosexualo noun (a heterosexual organism)
Inari Sami
2 entries- hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heteroseksual noun (a heterosexual organism)
Indonesian
1 entries- heteroseksual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Interlingua
2 entries- heterosexual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heterosexual noun (a heterosexual organism)
Irish
3 entries- heitrighnéasach adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- díreach noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heitrighnéasach noun (a heterosexual organism)
Italian
2 entries- eterosessuale adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- eterosessuale noun (a heterosexual organism)
Japanese
4 entries- 異性の adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- ノンケの noun (a heterosexual organism)
- ヘテロ noun (a heterosexual organism)
- 異性愛者 noun (a heterosexual organism)
Kazakh
1 entries- гетеросексуалды adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Korean
1 entries- 이성애자 noun (a heterosexual organism)
Malay
1 entries- heteroseksual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Manx
1 entries- hetracheintyssagh adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Marathi
1 entries- विषमलिंगी adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Māori
4 entries- piri tauaro adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- piriaro adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- taearo adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- taera tauaro adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Northern Sami
3 entries- hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heterofiila noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heteroseksuála noun (a heterosexual organism)
Persian
3 entries- دگرجنسگرا adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- دگرجنسگرا noun (a heterosexual organism)
- هتروسکسوئل noun (a heterosexual organism)
Polish
2 entries- heteroseksualny adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
Portuguese
4 entries- heterossexual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- hétero adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heterossexual noun (a heterosexual organism)
- hétero noun (a heterosexual organism)
Romanian
3 entries- heterosexual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heterosexual noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heterosexuală noun (a heterosexual organism)
Russian
4 entries- гетеросексуа́льный adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- гетеросексуал adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- натура́л adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- гетеросексуа́л noun (a heterosexual organism)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- iol-ghnèitheach adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- iol-ghnèitheach noun (a heterosexual organism)
Skolt Sami
2 entries- hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heteroseksuaal noun (a heterosexual organism)
Slovak
3 entries- heterosexuálny adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heterosexuál noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heterosexuálka noun (a heterosexual organism)
Spanish
3 entries- heterosexual adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
- heterosexual noun (a heterosexual organism)
Swedish
2 entries- heterosexuell adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- hetero noun (a heterosexual organism)
Tajik
2 entries- дигарҷинсгаро adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- дигарҷинсгаро noun (a heterosexual organism)
Turkish
2 entries- heteroseksüel adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heteroseksüel noun (a heterosexual organism)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dị tính luyến ái adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Volapük
2 entries- votageniälik adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- votageniälan noun (a heterosexual organism)
Welsh
3 entries- anghyfunryw adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- gwahanrywiol adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
- heterorywiol adj (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Sami was heterosexual.
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Sami is a heterosexual.
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I haven't seen a heterosexual person in over a week.
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