Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Verb

Adjective

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

cisgender

Coordinate Terms

berdache gender-nonconforming genderqueer hijra nonbinary transsexual two-spirit

Derived Terms

antitransgender tranniversary tranny trans trans female trans male trans man trans person trans woman trans* transexy transgender marriage transgenderal transgendered transgenderisation transgenderise transgenderism transgenderist transgenderization transgenderize transgenderness

Derived From

gender

Etymologically Related To

transsexual

Context

broadly compare genderqueer transsexual compare transsex compare transsexual and following sense narrowly offensive used loosely

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

LGBT LGBT LGBTQ LGBTQIA+ MOGAI TNBGD

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

agender ambigender bigender genderfluid genderqueer non-binary third gender trans man trans woman trigender two-spirit two-spirited

Type Of (IsA)

lgbt non cisgender

Related Terms

acault crossdress drag gender-free intersex sex reassignment surgery sworn virgin transphobia transsex transsexual transvestite

Related Terms

acault assign crossdress female gender gender identity genderfluid genderqueer intersex lgbt male male assigned sex srs sworn virgin third gender trans trans female trans man transgendered transgenderism transphobia transsexual

Similar Terms

hijra two spirit

Synonym Network

shemale tg tranny trans transgendered

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