homosexual

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛkʃuəl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌhoʊməˈsɛkʃuəl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hō′mə seksho̅o̅ əl or, esp. Brit., -seksyo̅o̅-)



homosexual
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Sense: Adjective: gay - dated, sometimes offensive
Synonyms:
gay Collocations, lesbian Collocations, same-sex, queer Collocations (sometimes offensive), LGBT, LGBTQ, bisexual, bent Collocations (UK, dated, offensive!, slang), faggy (US, offensive!!, slang), poofy (UK, dated, offensive!!, slang), Sapphic (literary)
Sense: Noun: gay person - dated, offensive
Synonyms:
lesbian Collocations, gay Collocations (sometimes offensive), gay man, gay woman, gay person, homo (offensive, slang), queer Collocations (sometimes offensive, slang), dike (sometimes offensive, slang), bisexual, dyke (UK, sometimes offensive, slang), fag Collocations (US, offensive!!, slang), faggot Collocations (US, offensive!!, slang), queen Collocations (sometimes offensive, slang), fairy Collocations (offensive, slang), fruit Collocations (offensive, slang), ginger beer (UK, offensive, slang), pansy (offensive!, slang), poof (UK, dated, offensive!!, slang), poofter (UK, dated, offensive!!, slang), lezzer (UK, offensive, slang), nancy boy (offensive, slang), sodomite (offensive!!, dated), whoopsie (UK, dated, offensive, slang), friend of Dorothy (dated, slang)


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