heterosexual
2 antonyms for heterosexual — opposites grouped by meaning.
Adj — Romantically or sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Romantically or sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
“Most of the characters in the show are heterosexual.”
Opposites
2. noun
A person who is heterosexual.
“The survey asked respondents whether they identified as heterosexual, gay, or bisexual.”
Antonyms
Etymology
Built from the prefix "hetero-" ("different, other") plus "sexual." First recorded in English in 1892, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis.
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