Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heterosexual

1 sense of heterosexual

Sense 1
heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight -- (a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex)
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")

Antonyms of adj heterosexual

1 sense of heterosexual

Sense 1
heterosexual (vs. homosexual) (vs. bisexual) -- (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)

homosexual (vs. bisexual) (vs. heterosexual) -- (sexually attracted to members of your own sex)
        => butch -- ((of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance)
        => gay, queer, homophile (prenominal) -- (homosexual or arousing homosexual desires)
        => homoerotic -- (of or concerning homosexual love)
        => lesbian, sapphic -- (of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman)
        => pederastic, paederastic -- (of homosexuality between a man and a boy)
        => transgender, transgendered -- (involving a partial or full reversal of gender)
        => transsexual (prenominal) -- (overwhelmingly desirous of being, or completely identifying with, the opposite sex)
        => transvestic, transvestite -- (receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex)
        => tribadistic -- (of female homosexual behavior that attempts to simulate heterosexual behavior)
bisexual (vs. heterosexual) (vs. homosexual) -- (sexually attracted to both sexes)

Similarity of adj heterosexual

1 sense of heterosexual

Sense 1
heterosexual (vs. homosexual) (vs. bisexual) -- (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
       => straight -- (not homosexual)