heterosexual
2 synonyms and 1 antonyms for heterosexual, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Romantically or sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
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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