homosexual
Other forms: homosexuals; homosexually
Homosexual is a noun and adjective. Either way, it has to do with people who are attracted to members of the same sex.
Homosexuals are attracted to people of their own sex in romantic and sexual ways. A lesbian is specifically a homosexual woman, and the word gay applies to men and women who are homosexual, though more often men. Homosexual people have faced a lot of prejudice, just like women, African-Americans, and other groups. But society is working to support homosexual people as equal citizens with equal rights.
Definitions of homosexual
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someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
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sexually attracted to members of your own sex
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synonyms:
queer
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gay
homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
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lesbian, sapphic
of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman
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Antonyms:
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heterosexual
sexually attracted exclusively to members of the opposite sex
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bisexual
sexually attracted to more than one gender
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straight
sexually attracted exclusively to members of the opposite sex
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gay
Pronunciation
US
/hoʊmoʊˈsɛkʃwəl/
UK
/həʊməʊˈsɛkʃuəl/
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