Homosexuality

/ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/

Synonyms for "homosexuality" (46 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

Noun(2 words)
gaynesshomosexualism

Strong matches (13)

Noun(3 words)
gay orientationhomoeroticisminversionism

Related words (23)

paraphiliapassive algolagniapedophiliasadismsadomasochismsapphismscotophiliasexual inversionsexual normalitysexual preferenceswinging both waystransvestitismtribadismtribadyvoyeurismzooerastiazoophilia
Noun(6 words)
queernesssame-sex orientationsexual inversionssaduranismurningism

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
psychiatric classificationsexsex activitysexual activitysexual orientationsexual practice

More specific

2 entries
gay identitylesbianism

Collocations

5 entries
attitudes toward homosexualitycriminalization of homosexualityhomosexual orientationsame-sex attractionstudy of homosexuality

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Translations

179 translations across 134 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • homoseksualiteit noun (sexual orientation)

Albanian

2 entries
  • homoseksualitet noun (sexual orientation)
  • homoseksualizëm noun (sexual orientation)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κιναιδία noun (sexual orientation)
  • ἀρσενοκοιτία noun (sexual orientation)

Arabic

4 entries
  • مِثْلِيَّة noun (sexual orientation)
  • مِثْلِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة noun (sexual orientation)
  • هوموسكسواليه noun (sexual orientation)
  • هُومُوسِكْسُوَالِيَّة noun (sexual orientation)

Armenian

1 entries
  • համասեռամոլություն noun (sexual orientation)

Assamese

1 entries
  • সমকামিতা noun (sexual orientation)

Asturian

1 entries
  • homosexualidá noun (sexual orientation)

Avar

1 entries
  • гомосексуаллъи noun (sexual orientation)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • homoseksualizm noun (sexual orientation)
  • homoseksuallıq noun (sexual orientation)

Banjarese

1 entries
  • homoseksualitas noun (sexual orientation)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • гомосексуализм noun (sexual orientation)

Basque

1 entries
  • homosexualitate noun (sexual orientation)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Homosexualität noun (sexual orientation)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • гомасексуальнасць noun (sexual orientation)
  • гомасексуалі́зм noun (sexual orientation)
  • гомасэксуальнасьць noun (sexual orientation)
  • гомасэксуалі́зм noun (sexual orientation)

Bengali

1 entries
  • সমকামিতা noun (sexual orientation)

Bihari

1 entries
  • समलैंगिकता noun (sexual orientation)

Breton

1 entries
  • heñvelrevelezh noun (sexual orientation)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • мъжеложство noun (sexual orientation)
  • обратност noun (sexual orientation)
  • хомосексуа́лност noun (sexual orientation)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လိင်တူဆက်ဆံခြင်း noun (sexual orientation)

Catalan

1 entries
  • homosexualitat noun (sexual orientation)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • homosekswalidad noun (sexual orientation)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • ھاوڕەگەزبازی noun (sexual orientation)
  • ھاوڕەگەزخوازی noun (sexual orientation)
  • ھۆمۆسێکشواڵتی noun (sexual orientation)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • mathanyula noun (sexual orientation)
  • ugeyi noun (sexual orientation)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 同性愛 /同性爱 noun (sexual orientation)
  • 同性戀 /同性恋 noun (sexual orientation)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 同性戀 /同性恋 noun (sexual orientation)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 同性戀 /同性恋 noun (sexual orientation)

Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • мѫжеложьство noun (sexual orientation)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • гомосексуаллӑх noun (sexual orientation)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • cuilonyōtl noun (sexual orientation)

Czech

1 entries
  • homosexualita noun (sexual orientation)

Danish

1 entries
  • homoseksualitet noun (sexual orientation)

Doteli

1 entries
  • समलैंगिकता noun (sexual orientation)

Dutch

1 entries
  • homoseksualiteit noun (sexual orientation)

Dutch Low Saxon

1 entries
  • homoseksualiteit noun (sexual orientation)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 同性戀 /同性恋 noun (sexual orientation)

Emilian

1 entries
  • omosesuêl noun (sexual orientation)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • samseksemo noun (sexual orientation)

Estonian

3 entries
  • homoseksuaalsus noun (sexual orientation)
  • homoseksualism noun (sexual orientation)
  • samasooiharus noun (sexual orientation)

Faroese

1 entries
  • samkyndleiki noun (sexual orientation)

Finnish

3 entries
  • homoseksuaalisuus noun (sexual orientation)
  • homoseksualismi noun (sexual orientation)
  • homous noun (sexual orientation)

French

1 entries
  • homosexualité noun (sexual orientation)

Galician

1 entries
  • homosexualidade noun (sexual orientation)

Gan Chinese

1 entries
  • 同性戀 /同性恋 noun (sexual orientation)

Georgian

3 entries
  • მამათმავლობა noun (sexual orientation)
  • ჰომოსექსუალიზმი noun (sexual orientation)
  • ჰომოსექსუალობა noun (sexual orientation)

German

2 entries
  • Homosexualität noun (sexual orientation)
  • Homosexualität noun (sexual orientation)

Gilaki

1 entries
  • همجنسخأيي noun (sexual orientation)

Greek

1 entries
  • ομοφυλοφιλία noun (sexual orientation)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • suiaqatinik atoqateqartarneq noun (sexual orientation)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • સમલિંગી noun (sexual orientation)
  • હોમોસેક્સ્યુઅલ noun (sexual orientation)

Hausa

1 entries
  • kishili noun (sexual orientation)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הוֹמוֹסֶקְסוּאָלִיּוּת noun (sexual orientation)

Hindi

1 entries
  • समलैंगिकता noun (sexual orientation)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • homoszexualitás noun (sexual orientation)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • samkynhneigð noun (sexual orientation)

Ido

1 entries
  • homeosexualeso noun (sexual orientation)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • homoseksualitas noun (sexual orientation)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • homosexualitate noun (sexual orientation)

Irish

2 entries
  • homaighnéasachas noun (sexual orientation)
  • homaighnéasacht noun (sexual orientation)

Italian

1 entries
  • omosessualità noun (sexual orientation)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ホモセクシャリティ noun (sexual orientation)
  • 同性愛 noun (sexual orientation)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಸಲಿಂಗ ಕಾಮ noun (sexual orientation)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • гомосексуалдылық noun (sexual orientation)

Korean

1 entries
  • 동성애 noun (sexual orientation)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • гомосексуалдуулук noun (sexual orientation)

Ladino

1 entries
  • omoseksualita noun (sexual orientation)

Latin

1 entries
  • homosexualitas noun (sexual orientation)

Latvian

2 entries
  • homoseksualitāte noun (sexual orientation)
  • homoseksuālisms noun (sexual orientation)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • omosessualitæ noun (sexual orientation)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • homoseksualiteit noun (sexual orientation)

Literary Chinese

1 entries
  • 同性戀 noun (sexual orientation)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • homoseksualumas noun (sexual orientation)

Lombard

1 entries
  • omosessüalitaa noun (sexual orientation)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Homosexualitéit noun (sexual orientation)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • хомосексуалност noun (sexual orientation)

Maithili

1 entries
  • समलैङ्गिकता noun (sexual orientation)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • fahapelahana noun (sexual orientation)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • സ്വവർഗ്ഗരതി noun (sexual orientation)

Maltese

1 entries
  • omosesswalità noun (sexual orientation)

Mazanderani

1 entries
  • همجنسگرایی noun (sexual orientation)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • homossexualidade noun (sexual orientation)

Māori

1 entries
  • he nonofo noun (sexual orientation)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • cuilonyōtl noun (sexual orientation)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • ommosessualità noun (sexual orientation)

Nepali

1 entries
  • समलैंगिकता noun (sexual orientation)

Newar

1 entries
  • समलैङ्गिकता noun (sexual orientation)

Norman

1 entries
  • homosexualité noun (sexual orientation)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • hevzayendîtî noun (sexual orientation)
  • homoseksuelî noun (sexual orientation)
  • homoseksûalîte noun (sexual orientation)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • homoseksualitehta noun (sexual orientation)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • homofili noun (sexual orientation)
  • homoseksualitet noun (sexual orientation)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • homofili noun (sexual orientation)

Occitan

1 entries
  • omosexualitat noun (sexual orientation)

Persian

1 entries
  • همجنسگرایی noun (sexual orientation)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • omossessualità noun (sexual orientation)

Polish

1 entries
  • homoseksualizm noun (sexual orientation)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • homossexualidade noun (sexual orientation)
  • homossexualismo noun (sexual orientation)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਸਮਲਿੰਗੀ noun (sexual orientation)

Romanian

2 entries
  • homosexualitate noun (sexual orientation)
  • хомосексуалитате noun (sexual orientation)

Russian

2 entries
  • гомосексуа́льность noun (sexual orientation)
  • гомосексуали́зм noun (sexual orientation)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • omosessualidade noun (sexual orientation)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • banas-feise noun (sexual orientation)
  • co-sheòrsachd noun (sexual orientation)
  • fearas-feise noun (sexual orientation)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • homoseksuálnōst noun (sexual orientation)
  • хомосексуа́лно̄ст noun (sexual orientation)

Shona

1 entries
  • ungochani noun (sexual orientation)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • omosessualità noun (sexual orientation)
  • omusissualità noun (sexual orientation)

Silesian

1 entries
  • buzeranctwo noun (sexual orientation)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • هم جنس پرست noun (sexual orientation)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • සමලිංගිකතාව noun (sexual orientation)

Slovak

1 entries
  • homosexualita noun (sexual orientation)

Slovene

1 entries
  • homoseksualnost noun (sexual orientation)

Somali

1 entries
  • khaniisnimada noun (sexual orientation)

Sotho

1 entries
  • bosodoma noun (sexual orientation)

South Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • همجینسچیلیک noun (sexual orientation)

Spanish

2 entries
  • homosexualidad noun (sexual orientation)
  • homosexualismo noun (sexual orientation)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mapenzi ya jinsia moja noun (sexual orientation)
  • ushoga noun (sexual orientation)

Swedish

1 entries
  • homosexualitet noun (sexual orientation)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • homoseksuwalidad noun (sexual orientation)

Tajik

2 entries
  • гомосексуализм noun (sexual orientation)
  • ҳамҷинсгароӣ noun (sexual orientation)

Tamil

2 entries
  • ஒருபாலீர்ப்பு noun (sexual orientation)
  • தன்பாலீர்ப்பு noun (sexual orientation)

Tatar

2 entries
  • гомосексуализм noun (sexual orientation)
  • һомосексуальлек noun (sexual orientation)

Telugu

1 entries
  • స్వలింగ సంపర్కం noun (sexual orientation)

Thai

1 entries
  • รักร่วมเพศ noun (sexual orientation)

Turkish

2 entries
  • eşcinsellik noun (sexual orientation)
  • homoseksüellik noun (sexual orientation)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • гомосексуа́льність noun (sexual orientation)
  • гомосексуалі́зм noun (sexual orientation)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ہم جنس پرستی noun (sexual orientation)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • gomoseksuallik noun (sexual orientation)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tính tình dục đồng giới noun (sexual orientation)
  • đồng tính luyến ái noun (sexual orientation)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • homoseksuwalidad noun (sexual orientation)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cyfunrhywiaeth noun (sexual orientation)
  • gwrywgydiaeth noun (sexual orientation)

West Flemish

1 entries
  • homoseksualiteit noun (sexual orientation)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • homoseksualiteit noun (sexual orientation)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 同性媾 noun (sexual orientation)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • האָמאָסעקסואַלוטעט noun (sexual orientation)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ìnífẹ̀ẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin noun (sexual orientation)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • hemcınsbaz noun (sexual orientation)

Zulu

1 entries
  • isitabane noun (sexual orientation)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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The anti-rational, anti-justice and anti-humane Christian malignancy is rearing its head yet again as it leads the fight against homosexuality on behalf of the divine trinity of unreason, injustice and hate.

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This TV show tackles issues of teenage pregnancy and homosexuality.

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There were a lot of writings about homosexuality.

Source: tatoeba (2009064)

Sami has been struggling with his homosexuality.

Source: tatoeba (5985036)

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