Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

The word "homosexual" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

bisexual heterosexual heterosexual

Typical Location

closet club

Coordinate Terms

homoromantic

Derived Terms

Cuomosexual Homintern Homocaust I'm homosexual antihomosexual fauxmosexual globohomo homo homo homocapitalism homocon homocrat homosexless homosexual marriage homosexual panic defense homosexual transsexual homosexualisation homosexualise homosexualism homosexualist homosexuality homosexualization homosexualize homosexually homosexualness nonhomosexual pseudohomosexual queerosexual sinthomosexual

Etymologically Related To

bisexual uranian

Context

sometimes used in sense of sole exclusive attraction

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

individual mortal person somebody someone soul

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Sapphic Uranian bent butch faggy gay heteroflexible homoflexible lesbian light in the loafers mannish poncy sodomitical uranistic

Type Of (IsA)

gay person human monosexual person

Related Terms

dykey gay man gay woman happy homosexual person same-sex

Related Terms

androphile attracted bar gay gynephile nightclub same sex sexually

Similar Terms

bi butch butch gay homoerotic homoerotic homophile homophile homoromantic lesbian queer sapphic sapphic

Synonym Network

effeminate fag gay invert lgbt queen

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.