Between ourselves, he seems to be a homosexual.
Source: tatoeba (62022)
Homosexual
//ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl//
Synonyms for "homosexual" (115 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (57)
Adjective(9 words)
Noun(28 words)
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314 translations across 90 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- homoseksueel noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Albanian
2 entries- homo noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homoseksual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- βάταλος adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- κίναιδος adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- λάσταυρος adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- βάταλος noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Arabic
4 entries- شَاذّ جِنْسِيًّا adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- لُوطِيّ adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- مِثْلِيّ adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- مِثْلِيّ الْجِنْس adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Armenian
2 entries- միասեռական adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- համասեռամոլ noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- homoseksual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homoseksual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homoseksualist noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Basque
1 entries- homosexual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Belarusian
4 entries- гамасексуа́льны adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- гомасексуа́льны adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- гамасэксуалі́ст noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- гей noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Breton
1 entries- heñvelrevel noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Bulgarian
4 entries- хомосексуа́лен adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- хомосексуален adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- гей noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- хомосексуали́ст noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Burmese
1 entries- ဂေး noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Catalan
3 entries- homosexual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexual adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- homosexual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Cebuano
3 entries- bakla adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- bayot adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- bayot noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 同性戀的 /同性恋的 adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- 同性戀的 /同性恋的 adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- 同性戀的 /同性恋的 adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- 同性的 adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Coptic
2 entries- ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲧⲉ adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲧⲉ noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Czech
2 entries- homosexuální adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexuál noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Danish
2 entries- homoseksuel adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homoseksuel noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Dutch
4 entries- homoseksueel adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- van de verkeerde kant adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homo noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homoseksueel noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Esperanto
4 entries- geja adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- geja adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- samseksama adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- samseksama adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
Estonian
1 entries- homoseksuaal noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Faroese
2 entries- samkyndur adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- samkyndur noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Finnish
4 entries- homo adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homo adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- homoseksuaalinen adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homoseksuaalinen adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
French
4 entries- homosexuel adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexuelle adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexuel noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homosexuelle noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Galician
2 entries- homosexual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Georgian
3 entries- ჰომოსექსუალი adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- ჰომოსექსუალური adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- ჰომოსექსუალი noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
German
4 entries- homosexuell adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- schwul adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- Homosexuelle noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- Homosexueller noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Greek
4 entries- γκέι adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- γκέι adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- γκέι adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- λεσβιακή adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Greenlandic
3 entries- suiaaqatiminoortartoq noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- suiaqatiminik atoqateqartartoq noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- suiaqatinoortoq noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Hawaiian
1 entries- māhū noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Hebrew
2 entries- הוֹמוֹסֶקְסוּאָל adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- הוֹמוֹסֶקסוּאָל noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Hindi
1 entries- समलैंगिक adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Hungarian
2 entries- homoszexuális adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homoszexuális noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Icelandic
3 entries- samkynhneigður adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- hommi noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- samkynhneigður noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Ido
4 entries- homeosexuala adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- geyo noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homeosexualino noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homeosexualo noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Inari Sami
1 entries- homoseksual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Indonesian
2 entries- homoseksual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosex noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Interlingua
2 entries- homosexual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Irish
3 entries- aerach adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homaighnéasach adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homaighnéasach noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Italian
2 entries- omosessuale adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- omosessuale noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Japanese
4 entries- 同性愛者 adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- ゲイ noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- ホモセクシャル noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- レス noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Kazakh
4 entries- гомосексуалды adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- гомосексуалды adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- гомосексуалды adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- гомосексуалист noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Khmer
2 entries- ខ្ទើយ adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- មនុស្សប្រតិព័ទ្ធ មនុស្សភេទដូចគ្នា noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Korean
2 entries- 게이 noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- 동성애자 noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- гомосексуалист noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- кумса noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Ladino
1 entries- omoseksual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Lao
3 entries- ກະເທີຍ adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- ຮັກຮ່ວມເພດ adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- ກະເທີຍ noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Latin
4 entries- cinaedicus adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- cinaedus adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- draucus adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexualis adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Latvian
4 entries- homoseksuāls adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homoseksuāls adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- gejs noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homoseksuāls noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Lishana Deni
1 entries- גיאול שרמיה noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Lithuanian
4 entries- homoseksuali adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homoseksualus adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homoseksualas noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homoseksualė noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Macedonian
3 entries- геј noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- ле́збејка noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- хо́мосексуалец noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Malay
1 entries- homoseksual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Malayalam
1 entries- സ്വവർഗാനുരാഗി noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Maltese
1 entries- omosesswali adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Marathi
1 entries- समलिंगी adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Mongolian
1 entries- гомосекс noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Māori
4 entries- takatāpui adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- takatāpui noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- takatāpui tāne noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- takatāpui wahine noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Navajo
3 entries- beełtʼéi yidánoolní noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- nádleeh noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- ádadilʼínígíí noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Norman
4 entries- homosexuel adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexuel noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homosexuelle noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- lesbienne noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Northern Sami
2 entries- homofiila noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homoseksuála noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Norwegian
4 entries- homo adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homoseksuell adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homofil noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homse noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Occitan
2 entries- omosexual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- omosexual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Okinawan
2 entries- 同性ん人 noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- 同性人 noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Persian
3 entries- همجنسگرا adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- همجنسگرا noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- هموسکسوئل noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Polish
4 entries- homoseksualny adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- gej noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homoseksualista noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- lesbijka noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Portuguese
4 entries- gay adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- gay adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- homo adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- homo adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
Romanian
2 entries- homosexual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Russian
4 entries- гомосексуа́льный adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- гомосексуа́льный adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- гомосексуа́льный adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- гей noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Sanskrit
1 entries- समलिङ्गकामिन् adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Scots
1 entries- buftie noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- co-ghnèitheach adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- co-ghnèitheach adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- co-ghnèitheach adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- co-sheòrsach adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gej adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homoseksualan adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- lezbo adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- геј adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- homoseksuaal noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Slovak
4 entries- gay adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- homosexuálny adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexuálny adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- homosexuál noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Slovene
2 entries- homoseksuálca noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homoseksuálec noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Spanish
3 entries- homosexual adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homosexual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- rosquete noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- awege noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Swahili
2 entries- shoga adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- shoga noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Swedish
3 entries- homosexuell adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- homo noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- homosexuell noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Tajik
1 entries- ҳамҷинсгаро noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Thai
4 entries- รักร่วมเพศ adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- ลักเพศ adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- แต๋ว adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- ชายรักร่วมเพศ noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Tigrinya
4 entries- ግብረ ሰዶማዊ adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- ግብረ ሰዶማዊት adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- ግብረ ሰዶመኛ noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- ግብረ ሰዶመኛዊት noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Turkish
4 entries- eş cinsel adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- eş cinsel adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- eş cinsel adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- homoseksüel adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
Turkmen
1 entries- gomoseksual noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Udmurt
3 entries- аспал пи noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- аспалэс noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- гомосексуалист noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гомосексуа́льний adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- гей noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- гомосексуалі́ст noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- лесбі́йка noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Uzbek
2 entries- gey noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
- gomoseksualist noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Vietnamese
3 entries- đồng tính adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- đồng tính luyến ái adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- giao hợp với người đồng tính noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Welsh
4 entries- cyfunrhywiol adj (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
- cyfunrhywiol adj (involving or relating to homosexuals)
- cyfunrhywiol adj (intended for or used by homosexuals)
- gwrywgydiwr noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Yiddish
1 entries- האָמאָסעקסואַל noun (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Among wild ducks, it seems there are homosexual necrophiliacs.
Source: tatoeba (373250)
I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius.
Source: tatoeba (523993)
Bonobos often use sexual behavior, sometimes homosexual, sometimes heterosexual, for social negotiation.
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