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Synonyms for heterosexual
ˌhɛt ər əˈsɛk ʃu əlhet·ero·sex·u·al

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. heterosexualnoun

    Antonyms:
    homosexual

  2. heterosexualnoun

    Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

    Antonyms:
    homosexual

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straightadjective

    a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

    Synonyms:
    straight person, heterosexual person, straight, straightaway

    Antonyms:
    queer, homophile(a), homoerotic, lesbian, tribadistic, butch, transvestic, transgendered, homosexual, bisexual, gay, sapphic, transgender, pederastic, paederastic, transsexual(a), transvestite

  2. heterosexualadjective

    sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

    Antonyms:
    butch, transgendered, queer, tribadistic, homosexual, pederastic, sapphic, homophile(a), homoerotic, transgender, bisexual, transvestic, paederastic, gay, transvestite, transsexual(a), lesbian

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "heterosexual":

    opposite-sex, hetero, straight

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2442straight
#23810heterosexual
#34218hetero
#86275straightaway

How to use heterosexual in a sentence?

  1. Former Olympic champion Bruce Jenner:

    I am, as far as I know, heterosexual. I've always been with a woman, raising kids.

  2. Daunte Wright:

    The common thread is [an] understanding of all social, economicand political relations as a contestation for power between a class of oppressors (i.a., rich, White, heterosexual, male) and a class of oppressed.

  3. Ryan Britt:

    I think a lot of heterosexual men learned how to flirt from Han Solo and Indiana Jones. But men like me grew up and realized you can't act like Han Solo. Han Solo is kind of a jerk.

  4. David Frederick:

    All groups of men -- gay, bisexual, heterosexual -- orgasm more than all groups of women, lesbian women orgasm more often than heterosexual women but less often than men.

  5. Clea DuVall:

    It's a very heterosexual genre and to be able to have all the same feelings and see a story that feels familiar, that you connect with, but that also has two women at the center, it shouldn't seem that radical, but it kind of is. I really wanted the movie to feel accessible to all audiences.


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