having no apparent sex or sex organs (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes, as in vegetative reproduction, fission, or budding
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a•sex•u•al /eɪˈsɛkʃuəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
a•sex•u•al•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Developmental Biologyhaving no sex or sexual organs; not involving sexual processes of reproduction.
- free from or unaffected by sexuality:an asexual friendship.
a•sex•u•al•ly, adv.
a•sex•u•al
(ā sek′sho̅o̅ əl),USA pronunciation adj.
a•sex•u•al•i•ty
(ā sek′sho̅o̅ al′i tē),USA pronunciation n.
a•sex′u•al•ly, adv.
- Developmental Biology[Biol.]
- having no sex or sexual organs.
- independent of sexual processes, esp. not involving the union of male and female germ cells.
- free from or unaffected by sexuality:an asexual friendship.
- 1820–30; a-6 + sexual
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'asexual' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Monera
- ace
- acervulus
- agamete
- agamic
- agamogenesis
- akinete
- alternation of generations
- aplanospore
- apogamy
- apomixis
- asexual reproduction
- asexualize
- bud
- cell cycle
- chlamydospore
- clone
- conidium
- developmental biology
- fission
- gemma
- gonidium
- hydroid
- imperfect fungus
- imperfect stage
- merozoite
- monogenesis
- monogenetic
- neuter
- reproduce
- reproduction
- schizogamy
- schizogony
- schizont
- sexual
- sporangium
- spore
- sporophyte
- sporozoan
- tetrasporangium
- tetraspore
- vegetative
- zoospore