Lesbian

/ˈlɛz.bɪ.ən/

Synonyms for "lesbian" (66 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

Strong matches (19)

Noun(4 words)
dykesfemale homosexualfemale homosexual adjectivegender descriptor
Adjective(1 words)

Related words (33)

Adjective(1 words)
Noun(9 words)
homosexual womanidentity termlesbian individuallesbian memberlesbian personlesbos nativelesbos residenttribadewoman loving woman descriptor
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

17 entries
GreekHelleneadult femalegaygeographic demonymhomohomophilehomosexualidentity descriptoridentity group memberidentity labelidentity termorientation termsexual minoritysexual orientation termsocial descriptor

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

10 entries
Lesbos islanderLesbos nativebutch lesbianlesbian culturelesbian feminismlesbian fictionlesbian literaturelesbian politicslipstick lesbiansoft butch lesbian

Collocations

8 entries
lesbian communitylesbian couplelesbian culturelesbian literaturelesbian rightslesbian studieslipstick lesbiansoft butch lesbian

Inflections

3 entries
Lesbiansmore lesbianmost lesbian

Derivations

4 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

139 translations across 84 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • алесбиан noun (gay woman)

Adyghe

1 entries
  • шыпхъу noun (gay woman)

Afrikaans

2 entries
  • lesbiër noun (gay woman)
  • lesbiërs noun (gay woman)

Albanian

1 entries
  • lesbo noun (gay woman)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τριβάς noun (gay woman)

Arabic

3 entries
  • سِحَاقِيَّة noun (gay woman)
  • ليزبيان noun (gay woman)
  • لِيزْبِيَان noun (gay woman)

Armenian

1 entries
  • լեսբուհի noun (gay woman)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • lezbiyen noun (gay woman)

Basque

1 entries
  • lesbiana noun (gay woman)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • лесбі́йка noun (gay woman)
  • лесбія́нка noun (gay woman)

Bengali

1 entries
  • লেসবিয়ান noun (gay woman)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • papanay noun (gay woman)

Breton

1 entries
  • lesbian noun (gay woman)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • лесби́йка noun (gay woman)

Catalan

1 entries
  • lesbiana noun (gay woman)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 叻女 noun (gay woman)
  • 基婆 noun (gay woman)
  • 女同志 noun (gay woman)
  • 女同性戀者 /女同性恋者 noun (gay woman)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 女同 noun (gay woman)
  • 女同志 noun (gay woman)
  • 女同性戀 /女同性恋 noun (gay woman)
  • 女同性戀者 /女同性恋者 noun (gay woman)

Czech

1 entries
  • lesbička noun (gay woman)

Danish

1 entries
  • lesbisk noun (gay woman)

Dutch

4 entries
  • lesbi noun (gay woman)
  • lesbienne noun (gay woman)
  • lesbienne noun (gay woman)
  • lesbo noun (gay woman)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • lesbanino noun (gay woman)
  • lesbo noun (gay woman)
  • samseksemulino noun (gay woman)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lesbi noun (gay woman)

Faroese

1 entries
  • lesbisk noun (gay woman)

Finnish

1 entries
  • lesbo noun (gay woman)

Franc-Comtois

1 entries
  • froyèche noun (gay woman)

French

2 entries
  • gouine noun (gay woman)
  • lesbienne noun (gay woman)

Galician

1 entries
  • lesbiana noun (gay woman)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ლესბიელი noun (gay woman)
  • ლესბოსელი noun (gay woman)

German

3 entries
  • Homosexuelle noun (gay woman)
  • Lesbe noun (gay woman)
  • Lesbierin noun (gay woman)

Greek

1 entries
  • λεσβία noun (gay woman)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • arnaqatiminik atoqateqartartoq noun (gay woman)
  • arnaqatiminoortartoq noun (gay woman)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • lesbyèn noun (gay woman)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • לֶסבִּית noun (gay woman)

Hindi

1 entries
  • लेस्बियन noun (gay woman)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • leszbia noun (gay woman)
  • leszbikus noun (gay woman)
  • leszboszi noun (gay woman)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • lesbía noun (gay woman)

Ido

1 entries
  • lesbiano noun (gay woman)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • lesbo noun (gay woman)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • lesbiana noun (gay woman)

Irish

1 entries
  • leispiach noun (gay woman)

Italian

1 entries
  • lesbica noun (gay woman)

Japanese

3 entries
  • レズ noun (gay woman)
  • レズビアン noun (gay woman)
  • 女性同性愛者 noun (gay woman)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • лесбиян noun (gay woman)
  • лесбиянка noun (gay woman)

Khmer

4 entries
  • លេសបៀន noun (gay woman)
  • ស្ដ្រីដែលប្រតិព័ទ្ធស្ដ្រីដូចគ្នា noun (gay woman)
  • ស្ត្រីស្រឡាញ់ស្ត្រីដូចគ្នា noun (gay woman)
  • ឡេសស្បៀន noun (gay woman)

Korean

2 entries
  • 레즈비언 noun (gay woman)
  • 여성동성애자 noun (gay woman)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • лесбиян noun (gay woman)
  • лесбиянка noun (gay woman)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຜູ້ຍິງຮັກຜູ້ຍິງ noun (gay woman)

Latin

1 entries
  • tribas noun (gay woman)

Latvian

1 entries
  • lesbiete noun (gay woman)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • lesbietė noun (gay woman)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Lesb noun (gay woman)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ле́збејка noun (gay woman)

Maltese

1 entries
  • lesbjan noun (gay woman)

Marathi

1 entries
  • लेस्बियन noun (gay woman)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • лесбиян noun (gay woman)

Norman

1 entries
  • lesbienne noun (gay woman)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • lesba noun (gay woman)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • lesbe noun (gay woman)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • lesbe noun (gay woman)

Persian

1 entries
  • لزبین noun (gay woman)

Polish

1 entries
  • lesbijka noun (gay woman)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • lésbica noun (gay woman)
  • sapatão noun (gay woman)

Romanian

2 entries
  • lesbi noun (gay woman)
  • lesbiană noun (gay woman)

Russian

3 entries
  • ле́сби noun (gay woman)
  • лесба noun (gay woman)
  • лесбия́нка noun (gay woman)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • leasbach noun (gay woman)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • lezbejka noun (gay woman)
  • lezbijka noun (gay woman)
  • лезбејка noun (gay woman)
  • лезбийка noun (gay woman)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • lesbo noun (gay woman)

Slovak

2 entries
  • lesba noun (gay woman)
  • lesbička noun (gay woman)

Slovene

1 entries
  • lezbijka noun (gay woman)

Spanish

3 entries
  • bollera noun (gay woman)
  • lesbiana noun (gay woman)
  • leñadora noun (gay woman)

Swahili

1 entries
  • shoga noun (gay woman)

Swedish

2 entries
  • flata noun (gay woman)
  • lesbisk noun (gay woman)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • lesbiyana noun (gay woman)
  • lesbya noun (gay woman)
  • tibo noun (gay woman)
  • tomboy noun (gay woman)

Tamil

4 entries
  • அகனள் noun (gay woman)
  • மகிழினி noun (gay woman)
  • மாயிழை noun (gay woman)
  • லெசுபியன் noun (gay woman)

Thai

2 entries
  • หญิงรักร่วมเพศ noun (gay woman)
  • เลสเบียน noun (gay woman)

Turkish

3 entries
  • ablacı noun (gay woman)
  • lezbiyen noun (gay woman)
  • sevici noun (gay woman)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • lezbiýan noun (gay woman)
  • lezbiýanka noun (gay woman)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • лесбі́йка noun (gay woman)
  • лесбія́нка noun (gay woman)

Urdu

1 entries
  • لسبین noun (gay woman)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • lesbianka noun (gay woman)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • người đồng tính nữ noun (gay woman)

Welsh

1 entries
  • lesbiad noun (gay woman)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • לעזביאַנקע noun (gay woman)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • onífẹ̀ẹ́-obìnrin-sóbìnrin noun (gay woman)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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Sappho was a famous Lesbian poet.

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Adoption for gay and lesbian parents remains a hotly contested issue in the United States.

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I like watching lesbian porn.

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I am lesbian.

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