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

1 sense of secondary sexual characteristic

Sense 1
secondary sex characteristic, secondary sexual characteristic, secondary sex character -- (the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature))
       => sex characteristic, sexual characteristic, sex character -- (those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other)